[ARC5] More Condenser/Capacitor Trivia
Bill Cromwell
wrcromwell at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 16:08:11 EST 2016
Hi,
I served aboard U.S. Navy ships of WWII vintage (long since scrapped).
Those had electrical units that were called dynamos and
generators..sometimes in the same paragraph.
73,
Bill KU8H
On 02/22/2016 12:34 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> Dynamo was the name used for the electrical generator on steam
> locomotives used to operate the headlamp and marker lights. I've
> always seen it used to indicate a DC generator.
> I think I've seen the term "accumulator" used for capacitors in
> some very early literature probably 19th century. I will try to find
> a citation. However, I've always associated it with re-chargeable
> batteries.
>
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