> Van: Gaston Gagnon <gagnong@TOTAL.NET>
> Aan: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Onderwerp: Re: [OT] Just had to relate this..
> Datum: woensdag 7 juli 1999 20:57
>
> > 5v.  I'm only 30, but I remember how they used to say it'd
> > take a railroad car size to have a 1F cap not so very long
> > ago, much less 10F.  Neat to have a small train's worth of
> > cap powering your PIC..
>
> Oups! I think I owe some apology to someone ;-)
> I did not think so much capacity could be enclosed in so small a format
> either.

It can't ...  It's not a real Capacitor.  It's more like a small
rechargable battery.  And it has got a rather large internal resistance
(both to charge and de-charge).  So, no good to make sparks with :-)

Greetz,
  Rudy Wieser