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Subject: Re: Big Capacitors
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 09:53:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 09:53:16 1984
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> 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!