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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.analog
Subject: Re: Big Capacitors
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 16:13:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 16:13:48 1984
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>Someone said a company somewhere makes a 1 farad capacitor.
>It fits in the hand and costs $10.

>Karl Dahlke    ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad

I can believe this.  In my high-school electronics class (1970) the
teacher had (for illustration purposes) accumulated enough capacitance
to equal 1 Farad.   This consisted of about 4 large cans, anywhere from
100,000 uF to 600,000 uF, all adding up to 1,000,000 uF (1 Farad), at
about 6 volts.  I would think that in the last 14 years it would be
safe to assume that some progress in this area has been made, and it 
wouldn't take that much from that illustration in 1970.  Don't know
of any specifics, but I don't find it all that incredulous.

Keith Doyle
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"You'll PAY to know what you REALLY think!"