14 Oct
2008
14 Oct
'08
3 p.m.
On 14 Oct 2008 at 21:39, 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..."
Some schoolbag that holds most of 17 six-packs of Coke!
To be fair to your teacher, some capacitor banks are very large. I
do not know the working voltage or capacitance of the following:
http://www.rheinmetall.de/index.php?fid=1805&lang=3
Cheers,
Chuck