[Robotgroup] do the math ... check the math

[Robo Al]

A capacitor holding a 1.5V charge will not give you 1.5V except
at t=0.

You may want to look at:
 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/electric/capdis.html
to see the curve characteristics of a discharging capacitor.

Alberto


On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 20:43 -0500, Def Egge wrote:
> I am still looking at the world through a violent headache but
> 
> 
> 	1 Farad = (1000 mA x 1 s) / 1.0 v
> 
>  From wikipedia: 1 Farad is the amount of capacitance that requires 
> one second for a one ampere flow of charge to change the voltage by 
> one volt.
> 
> So, that same 1 Farad is the amount of capacitance that requires 150 
> s for a 10 mA flow of charge to change the voltage by 1.5 v ?
> 
> Is it fair (or accurate) to conclude that a charged 1 Farad 1.5 v 
> supercapacitor could supply 20 mA for 75 s ?
> 
> Thanks.
>