Aluminum Electrolytics

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Sat Feb 7 01:34:48 2004

der Mouse wrote:

>>And speaking of War Stories: Ever been in the same room with an
>>exploding 1.7F 800VDC storage bank?
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>>It's LOUD......
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>Hardly surprising, given how much energy is lurking therein. If my
>arithmetic is right, that's about .3kWh. Release it all at once - or
>even any significant fraction thereof - and yes, it's gonna go bang!
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>What was a 1.36 kilocoulomb bank used for, anyway? Railgun?
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I'd guess a medium power laser.

    --jc
Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 01:34:48 GMT