On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:13:02 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:57:31 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Gunner Asch fired this volley in
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Ayup. High voltage done in oil....

But not even similar in the process, Gunner. The oil is used strictly as a
dielectric, not as a carrier of the charge. When the dielectric breaks
down is when the discharge spark occurs.

Lloyd

Indeed. Now tell me how oil is going to carry that charge...

The oil itself doesn't carry the charge. When the oil breaks down from
the voltage it creates an ionized channel -- a plasma, actually -- and
that carries the charge between the electrode and the work.

--
Ed Huntress