On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Roman Black wrote:

> Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > I have seen "memory backup" capacitors which are physically small with very
> > high capacitance, from about .05F to 1F (yes, one Farad).  The ones I've
> > *****************************************************************
> > Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts
>
>
> I too have seen the 1 Farad caps, called "Goldcaps" they are common
> in VCRs about 12 years old, they were used for the channel memory.
> I have a few types in my collection. Most of the newer VCRs have
> 0.047F and 0.1F 3.3v caps, these are not as good. The very newest
> VCRs all seem to have flash memory.

> -Roman
>
  Olin, Roman, I don't want to be impolite but instead of just reading
1F or .047F and say: oh my God one farad capacitor! have you the
curiosity to measure the real value of these capacitors?
Because 1F is *not* one farad!
Best regards, Vasile

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