Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com> Joyce, I think in the old days, they thought the condensor "condensed" the electricity, much like condensed milk, so they called it a condensor. Now we call it a capacitor. Another old fashioned name for capacitor is "accumulator". Cheers John