[sdiy] 60 Farad capacitors from Korea

[Ken Stone]

I tried unsoldering a couple of 2 farad caps from a video recorder, and
every time my soldering iron touched the solder joint I got a dirty great
spark. Investigation proved that it was not electrical (no return path to
start with, and the spark was orange). Turns out these buggers had leaked
and the electrolyte was explosive. Heat it and it goes bang!

Ken


>There's a Korean company that makes huge valued capacitors - up to 60 
>Farad - not nano or micro - just F-in' Farads.
>They're really small in size and voltage (they're 2.3 or so volts).
>
>I can't remember the name of the company and I can't seem to find anything 
>like this being sold here in the states, but I do remember reading a web 
>page where this dude made a cool little electric motor airplane that used 
>one as a battery.
>So far the biggest li'l capacitor I have is a 20,000uF/10V unit that is 
>about the size of an 'N' battery.
>
>No no I'm not using them for S&H - just some of my gadgets that use 
>photovoltaics.
>
>
>
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