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From: kencr@haddock.ima.isc.com (Kenny Crudup)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.physics
Subject: Re: HV Cap Fun!
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Date: 30 May 89 16:23:04 GMT
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In article <7487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) says:
>I've always been very, very careful around capacitors ever since I
>discovered to my amazement that not only can they hold a charge for a
>long time, but also that:  You can discharge some electrolytic
>capatitors, remove the short circuit, and after a few minutes the
>capacitor regains a smaller charge.
>Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>

Yup. They sure do. Its 'cause nature abhors a vacuum, and when you let
all the energy out, the caps pull electrons out of the air.

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