Re: general cap questions

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
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>What are farads? I know that they are a measure of capacitance, but what does
>that mean? Is that how often they discharge, how much voltage they can
take, or
>what? 
>Thanks 
>Adam
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Hi Adam ...

if Im not mistaken..   a Farad is = to a coulomb of electrons .. 
 something in the nature of 1 X 10 to the 23rd power

Im old and my memory is failing  so read the other replys ...   mine my 
be wrong..

Scot D