11 Jun
2002
11 Jun
'02
3:21 p.m.
At 10:57 PM 6/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
Back when I was in high school, when a 1 farad
capacitor would have
been, physically, huge (probably about the size of an RS store, or
something like that),
For the terminally curious, a photo of a 1 farad capacitor mounted on
a circuit board can be found at
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#download
one could telephone a RS store and ask for a 100
farad, 1KV, capacitor and the sales clerk would say "I'll check to see
if we have any."
Gullibility aside, most of the RS clerks I run into these days are intimidated
if you appear to know _anything_ about components. Once they realize that
you actually know what all those little parts are used for they usually wander
off. Of course, as previously noted here, it may also be that they realize
they're not going to make much of a commission on you.
Cheers,
Dan
http://www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html