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From: johnson@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Using computer to switch high current circuit
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Date: 5 Jan 90 20:52:28 GMT
References: <1990Jan2.005157.12780@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Reply-To: johnson@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. Johnson)
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In article <1990Jan2.005157.12780@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> blpike@uokmax.UUCP (Brian Lee Pike) writes:
>I am trying to build a circuit that allows my Commodore 64 to connect a
>110,000 microfarad (that's not a typo, I mean 0.11 farad), 18 volt capacitor
>across a load for a brief period of time (somewhere between about 0.1 second
>and 0.75 seconds) and then disconnect the capacitor.  

Hmmm thats going to make quite a zap if you short the cap out.  We built a
.25 farad cap in high school, charged it to 25 volts and discharged it with
a VERY large screwdriver.  

Not very much remained if the screwdriver...

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