Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00943



To: "Chris Daniel" popjester@hotmail.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:49:23 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Solar engine


At 09:23 AM 2/24/99 , Chris Daniel wrote:
>I've made another symet (of the 1381 J variety) but it charges until it
>get to about 2.2V, and then it quickly drops to under 1V! If I hold it
>directly under a 100W bulb, then it just sits at about 2.2V, but as soon
>as I move it away from the light, thats when it drops...REALLY fast.

Probably your storage cap is in backwards.

-Dave
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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com

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