Pish!

One farad is pass=E9!

The (pun) current technology is in the HUNDRED farad range.

BTW:  One hundred amps is only there for 50 milliseconds!
A NiCd battery can source that for seconds if not minutes.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Omega Software
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:55 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE]: 5.5V 1F capacitor
>
>
> I saw a 5.5V 1F capacitor. I wondered if, once charged, something
> nasty could
> happen if it's accidentally shorted? I'd prefer to play on the
> safe side, this
> device seems scary to me (one whole Farad!).
> The short-circuit current can be hundreds of amperes, not? Or do
> they have very
> high ESR?
>
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