Yes, good point William, that's the way to make a capacitor both large and fast.
However, if their claim is that they produce more heat than they consume electrical power as Harry said (some form of heat pump maybe?), then the capacitor voltage could drop even if their claim was valid couldn't it? Michel 2010/1/15 William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com>: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Terry Blanton wrote: > >> I seriously doubt it since the statement is false. IIRC, he said that >> the capacitor was too slow in current delivery. Actually, the > > Well, that's true of supercapacitors. They take seconds to discharge during > a direct short, not microseconds. > > So if a large electrolytic has too small a value, parallel it with a > supercap. That gives the sharp edge as well as the large value. > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > >
