Alt-BEAM Archive
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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