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Popular Mechanics, March 1949 >>
<< MegaPulse! I used a capacitor bank like that in college for my railgun. ( tho not quite that big ) That will be some serious AMPS >>
Did you think I was kidding??! Go ahead, count em up!
It's just not fair that only the military gets to play with all the cool toys!
When fully charged, this amazing bank of 96 power caps will be able
to deliver power levels that rival the electrical company! No joke!
^taken from the site. The guy claims that each capacitor is 625V 6500µF and he has 96 of 'em.
1/2 x 6000E06 x 625^2=1269.6 joules each x 96=121.875KJ. It can probably do some serious peak current, but not that much energy.
Add 'em all together and thats just enough energy to run 1800W hair dryer for 1min 7.7secs
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