Most recently, I went in to grab a few 10uf
16V capacitors. Frank enquired
as to what I was building, so I thought I would probe the range of his
remarkable intellect, and explained I was building a Flux Capacitor. Frank
then told me how the 16V rating on the capacitors was entirely inadequate,
and that I most likely should use a capacitor with a minimum rating of 250V.
I nodded my head, and said "Why, it could be you're entirely right, but
since these are but a few cents, and I *really* need to get this running
tonight, and his fine store didn't carry anove 250V rated capacitors, I'll
give these a try.". I didn't mention that the Flux Capacitor would be
installed in my DeLorean time machine, figuring I wouldn't have time for the
lengthy but accurate explanation of why 88 MPH wouldn't be enough to trigger
the time circuits, and that a Monteverdi might be a better choice than a
DeLorean, since the Swiss know more about time, and make such damn fine
watches.
You're not possibly talking about a Flux _Compensator_, Doc Brown? Where
do you get the 1.21 Gigawatts from? Lightning? :-D
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com