[GreenKeys] Technology & Capacitor Size

Doug Alderdice ka2wft at arrl.net
Sat Feb 20 23:09:04 EST 2016


On 2/20/2016 10:46 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
> BUT here's the the thing: it's WAY SMALLER in size: 18mm x 31.5mm
> as opposed to the bad one which is roughly 24mm x 75mm.
>
> Has capacitor technology advanced that much - that the new one is
> a replacement for the old one

In short, yes.

Consider that 1F capacitors have been available for some time now and as 
"recently" as 30 yrs ago when I was in electronics class in HS the 
teachers were still saying that a 1F cap would be "as big as a box car." 
  Not any more.

73,

Doug.



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