Re[2]: Awesome Quarter Shrinking Capacitors on EBAY

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Original poster: Crow Leader <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: Mike Poulton <mpoulton-at-mtptech-dot-com>
 >
 > Mike Poulton Wrote:
 >  > Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 >  > At 03:47 PM 10/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
 >  >>Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >  >>I have a 0.004F cap rated at 4000VAC (32,000 jolues) that is only a bit
 >  >>smaller than my simpson 260 multimeter.
 >
 >  > That's 32 millijoules, not 32kJ... .004 * 4*4/2 = 32E-3...
 >
 > The lack of a "u" before the "F" there was apparently intentional.  A
 > 0.004 farad capacitor at 4kV is 32kJ indeed.

4,000uF at 4kVAC in case maybe 8x4x6? Not likely, even if it's a stack of
electrolytic caps.

Even new 400V electrlytic caps in 4000uF are the sizes of pop cans.

KEN