CLEAN THE CONDENSERS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 July 1928, Page 15

CLEAN THE CONDENSERS

Particass of dust lodged on the plates of a variable condenser will greatly add to the losses already evxisting in the condenser, Clean your condenser plates frequentiy if you do not have an air-tight covering for your instrument. Even if the lid of your cabinet has been tightly closed you will likely find that considerable dust has accumulated on the piates, The reason that dust causes a leakage when it lodges on the plates of a condenser can be explained simply. ‘he charge of electricity that has accumulated on the condenser plates will attempt to leak off. from any sharp point of the metal or from a particle of dust that has lodged on the surface, Tf the two sides of the condenser terminated in needle points it would be rather difficnlt te make the condenser hold a charge. It would leak off from the sharp points, A cheap and efficient @leaner can be made for your condenser by tying the ends of an ordinary pipe cleaner to the end of a lead pencil or a atick of (wood,