Darren New wrote:

> A friend of mine had a 2 farad capacitor installed near his house to 
> suck up lightning strikes.  About the size of a 55-gallon drum.

I thought that's what an avalanche diode was for? Or is this connected 
to a lightning rod? I'd sure hate to short the terminals on that after 
charging it up !!

I've seen 1F caps in car audio shops, basically used to provide lots of 
current to the amp when power is needed for strong transients (e.g. Bass 
drum hit.) I'm sure it filters pretty much any ripple generated by the 
alternator, too.

-- 
~Mike

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