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Message #05200



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:59:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Supercaps (a strange tale)


On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Ben Hitchcock wrote:

> I just pulled apart a panasonic 1F cap, of the same dimensions as yours.

Mine was Philips.

> Mine had a plastic shrinkwrap covering. Cutting this off yielded two flat
> button-cell like cells. But mine were welded together - so my cap is still
> electrically the same is it was before (only minus the plastic shrinkwrap
> coating).

No way to gently break or cut the weld?

> Maybe those button cells are a standard item?

Very likely.

> What needs a 2.5V 2F capacitor?

Looking in a catalog, I see supercaps rated at 5.5V, 2.5V and even
2.3V...

Best,

Steve

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