RE: general cap questions

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Original poster: "Dave Hartwick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ddhartwick-at-earthlink-dot-net>


http://physics.about-dot-com/library/dict/bldeffarad.htm

Adam,
Bro---I found this in about 3 seconds. There are scads of electronics basics
on the internet.
Dave H


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>

What are farads? I know that they are a measure of capacitance, but what
does
that mean? Is that how often they discharge, how much voltage they can take,
or
what?
Thanks
Adam