World's most useless capacitor product?

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  • bushytails
    Moderator
    • Dec 2004
    • 217
    #1

    World's most useless capacitor product?

    I'm sure this has been posted before, but can't find it...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...742576231&rd=1

    Notes:
    1) their "large" capacitor is only 1000uf, dwarfed by the capacitance available on every motherboard I've ever seen.
    2) adding an extra pair of connectors to the circuit probably adds far more resistance-based problems than would ever be solved by adding capacitance.
    3) why does that look like a badcap, likely to fail, causing problems?


    --Randy
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    • RoadKill
      Member
      • Jun 2004
      • 49
      #2
      Why does this exist? What purpose does it serve?

      Why did someone pay 8 bucks for it? This makes no sense.

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        • willawake
          Super Modulator
          • Nov 2003
          • 8457
          • Greece
          #3
          it serves the purpose of leaving you with 8 bucks less in your wallet
          capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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            • RoadKill
              Member
              • Jun 2004
              • 49
              #4
              Good point. Utterly wasteful, though.

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                • bushytails
                  Moderator
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 217
                  #5
                  Actually, he paid 13 bucks. don't forget shipping.

                  --Randy

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