On Wednesday 2003 June 04 17:18, Bill Potts wrote:
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> Of those, the abfarad is the most amazing (and useless), considering that
> the biggest capacitors barely make it into the millifarad range. As I
> remember, 1 F is the approximate capacitance of the Earth.

I've got a few 1 F capacitors sitting on the shelf in my demo equipment room. 
Each of them is smaller than a hockey puck.

Jim

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