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In Reply to: smoking around electrostatic speakers? posted by bullethead on August 13, 2012 at 14:11:52:
Unfortunately smoking is much like any other form of airborne pollution. The fine smoke eventually has to settle somewhere. Since a great deal of the smoke is organic in nature if it settles in any place where there is heat or high voltage the organic material will eventually carbonize and thus create a pathway for arcing.
electronics I have examined used in the presence of heavy smokers reveal a gummy residue which needs a bit of an alcohol wash to clean off. It is difficult as much of the smoke residue will eventually drift under individual components on a circuit board.
With electrostatics the smoke will deposit upon the stator panels which are charged to a high voltage and can arc to the panels, With certain designs, like the Martin Logans, their curved panels employ foam spacers between the diaphragm and the stator panel, creating a a fairly ready pathway. Quads employ a dust cover but often the the older units have some perforations in the dust cover or are inadequately sealed.
There was a electrostatic company whose panels were sealed and filled with some kind of gas.
YMMV of course.
Stu
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Follow Ups
- RE: smoking - unclestu 14:25:38 08/13/12 (3)
- Those were - E-Stat 06:01:18 08/14/12 (0)
- thanks, that helps a lot - bullethead 14:34:52 08/13/12 (1)
- RE: thanks, that helps a lot - Snyder 17:11:03 08/13/12 (0)
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