14 Oct
2008
14 Oct
'08
1:53 p.m.
Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ wrote:
I remember having a similar conversation with my 'O' Grade Physics
teacher in high school, about how a 1F capacitor would be huge and
impractical. "Hang on a sec", I thought, "I've got 1000uF capacitors
and they're about the size of my thumb. My Dad's got 10000uF
capacitors for his audio amps, and they're the size of a coke can. I
reckon 100 such capacitors would fit in my schoolbag, at worst..."
And that's how I learned that school wasn't going to teach me anything
useful, or basically true.
All charged up for the the teacher to hold... ;)
All
Gordon