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| This is one of the discharge capacitors that I use for my experiments. I consists of 10 330uF 200v electrolytic capacitors connected in parallel making the total capacitance 3300uF. When fully charged to 200v the total stored energy is 66 Joules. The capacitors were all bought from Ebay. To charge the capacitor I use my power inverter | ||||||||||||||||||
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| These three photos are the discharge of a 15uF capacitor charged to 250v. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The photo on the left shows the discharge of a 470uF capacitor charged to 230v into a piece of pencil graphite. The energy of the discharge is 12 Joules. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| *Update* 1 March 2004 I recieved a large electrolytic capacitor from a seller on ebay. It cost me �5.50 It is rated at 3300uF 350VDC so when fully charged, the total energy stored will be 202 Joules! The photo on the left shows the capacitor next to a 9V PP3 battery to give some idea of its size. |
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