[GreenKeys] Technology & Capacitor Size

[tony.podrasky]

Hi Doug;

Thanx for the reply.

Yes - I noticed a "1F" capacitor and at first I thought it
was a typo - but as I considered some of the sizes of the
other capacitors, I thought, NAWWWW - could that REALLY BE?

And, yes - my HS electronics teacher must have gone to the
same school at yours - because he used the box-car comparison too.

73,
tony


On 02/20/2016 08:09 PM, Doug Alderdice wrote:
> 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.
>

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