Re: Big Capacitor?

["Edward Wingate" <ewing7-at-rochester.rr-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "Duke, Ronn (CCI-San Diego CCC)" <Ron.Duke-at-cox-dot-com>

> I have a question or two for any one out there. How big would a capacitor
> have to be, (physical dimensions), to have a value of 1 Farad? I know that
> voltage rating would be a determining factor, but just a ballpark figure.
> Has anybody ever seen one?
> Just curious.
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> Ronn
> Dukester-at-home-dot-com

Ronn,

I have an NEC 5 volt/ 1.0 farad capacitor sitting on the desk beside me.
It is 1.5" in diameter and 1/2" thick. They are used for temporary
backup power on digital circuit boards. They're cheap and readily
available and totaly useless for Tesla col use. 

Ed Wingate RATCB