No, I haven't but, I ran across something very interesting, at least to me,
but I am Ignorant to allot
of things in this world.

A SUPER CAP.   I watched a guy last week charge a roll of clx wire on a
spool, then shoot sparks
from the ends when he shorted the wire at the end.  I never much thought
about a large spool
of wire acting as a capacitor, but all the ingredients are there.  He was
telling me that you should
always short the wires on a spool before working with it as it can store
static electricity and it can get
rather high over time, if the conditions are correct.  Hum, that ought to run
a clock for sometime?

Richard Skinner
rwskinner@worldnet.att.net
http://home.att.net/~rwskinner

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> From: Mike DeMetz <miked@ELKHART.NET>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Super Caps
> Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 5:02 PM
>
> Anyone using super caps (.3-1F) for clock or memory back-up? If so do
> you have a problem with inrush current if you let it discharge too
> far?