Mike Raiford wrote:
> 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.

Here, have some 300F caps :)

http://www.maxwell.com/ultracapacitors/products/

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