Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!sct From: sct@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.analog Subject: Re: Big Capacitors Message-ID: <16833@lanl.ARPA> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 09:53:16 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.16833 Posted: Tue Nov 27 09:53:16 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:37:32 EST References: <178@ihnet.UUCP> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 16 > I heard a rummer which I am not quite ready to believe. > Someone said a company somewhere makes a 1 farad capacitor. > It fits in the hand and costs $10. > I took electrical engineering once, > and micro farad capacitors were substantial. > How can this be??!! > Is it just a myth? If not, how does the damn thing work?? > If it is just a rummer, what capacitance values (a few volts) are available > in industry. > How does cost increase with capacitance. > Is the trend to increase surface area, or to use better dielectrics? > -- > > Karl Dahlke ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad I heard a rummer (rumor?) that you never took spelling!