> > On Fri, 28 Oct 94 13:45:00 PDT, Doore, Daniel [MIS] said: > > > Never mind a battery, a 220 fahrad capacitor could store most of the > charge > > > this planet could produce. > > > > Rot. If my calculations are correct, a .5Ah 9V rechargable battery is > > equivalent to a 200 farad capacitor (well, I say "equivalent", but they > > are in fact completely different things). A farad is one amp-second per > > volt. > > All capacitors are measures in micro-farads, a single farad is an huge > amount of electrical charge, As I recall the definition of a farad is the > capacitance of a capacitor of which a potential of 1 volt is created by > a charge of one coulomb. And since this is an SI unit, the plates would > have to be 1 metre square, and 1 metre apart.
ok.....220 000 mf then.... ;) > > We are talking big. Yes...it was literally big.... > > Dan. > > > imc > > > -- * Frode Tennebo * It's better to live life in * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * wealth and die poor, than live * * phone: +47 712 57716 * life in poverty and die rich. * * snail: Parkv. 31, 6400 Molde, NORWAY * -Frode Tennebo*
