I wonder if you can help, I work with science teachers and have
recently been given an Aepinus condenser. I have never come
across one before and having searched for ages on the Internet
cannot find out how to use the equipment. Can you please explain
to me how you operate one? How about presenting it as a simple
charge storage device like a Leyden Jar? It should be able to
accept a fairly large number of electrons and store them until
discharged with an acceptable shorting device (and a spectacular
spark?). Depending upon the size of the plates and atmospheric
conditions, I would think there could be a significant charge
accumulated. I would need to go back to my College Physics Book
to decipher just how much. Of course inserting an insulator such
as a plywood disk should obviously affect things. An explanation
of the beast would include the following: The excess electrons
from the generator are stored on one plate making it negative in
polarity. This accumulation of negative charges repels the
electrons on