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Lady Caeser
Open Fist of Castallus
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Posted - 2007.08.10 13:45:00 -
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So we have
CPU = Tf (Teraflops)
Powergrid usage Mw (Megawatts)
And then power in the capacitor is stored in... what? units
Anybody know what the prime fiction says on this?
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.08.10 13:47:00 -
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Wiggly-Amps.....perhaps?
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Tarminic
Black Flame Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.10 13:51:00 -
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Hrm, what is the scientific measure of the charge in a capacitor? According to Wikipedia, it may be a...Farad? Hrm.
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.08.10 13:58:00 -
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 Originally by: Tarminic
Hrm, what is the scientific measure of the charge in a capacitor? According to Wikipedia, it may be a...Farad? Hrm.
Wiggly-Amps sounds better. But I could let Wiggly-Farads pass at a push.
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:00:00 -
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Edited by: Winterblink on 10/08/2007 14:01:53
Farads, yes. I would imagine the EVE ones are measured in some sickeningly large denomination of Farads since people use like 5F caps in car stereos so their brake lights don't dim with every beat of the music.
Also I had an instructor in college rig up a tiny cap (say the size of your thumbnail) to a power supply and had everyone move over to one side of the room. The thing blew crap everywhere when it popped, and was as loud as a low-caliber pistol.
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Tarminic
Black Flame Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:06:00 -
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Originally by: Winterblink
Edited by: Winterblink on 10/08/2007 14:01:53
Farads, yes. I would imagine the EVE ones are measured in some sickeningly large denomination of Farads since people use like 5F caps in car stereos so their brake lights don't dim with every beat of the music.
Also I had an instructor in college rig up a tiny cap (say the size of your thumbnail) to a power supply and had everyone move over to one side of the room. The thing blew crap everywhere when it popped, and was as loud as a low-caliber pistol.
Ah, the classic battery bomb. I've heard of people doing similar things with car batteries by attaching the positive and negative ends.
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Entreri Finwe
Raptus Regaliter
Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:06:00 -
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I'd say we should have it in Fluxes, such as 10 mega flux...
And we can rename the capacitor to Flux Capacitor... 
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Mashie Saldana
Hooligans Of War
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:08:00 -
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How about MF (megafarad)?
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Lady Caeser
Open Fist of Castallus
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:09:00 -
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How about measuring in George Michaels ?
My dreadnought is a Phoenix and has the power capacity of 79,681 George Michaels.
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Druadan
Gallente
Aristotle Enterprises
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:50:00 -
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needs more jiggafarads.
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Mikal Drey
Angels and Demons
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Posted - 2007.08.10 14:54:00 -
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Originally by: Lady Caeser
How about measuring in George Michaels ?
My dreadnought is a Phoenix and has the power capacity of 79,681 George Michaels.
cant use G.M. units cause it would blow its load at the first sight of CONCORD
/signed for wiggly-farads (Wf)
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Kalazar
Amarr
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:03:00 -
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Originally by: Mikal Drey
Originally by: Lady Caeser
How about measuring in George Michaels ?
My dreadnought is a Phoenix and has the power capacity of 79,681 George Michaels.
cant use G.M. units cause it would blow its load at the first sight of CONCORD
/signed for wiggly-farads (Wf)
I'm all for Wiggly-terrafarads (WTf) to be honest.
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Yipsilanti
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:04:00 -
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Super-Wiggly-Amps??
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:17:00 -
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Originally by: Tarminic
Ah, the classic battery bomb. I've heard of people doing similar things with car batteries by attaching the positive and negative ends.
I knew a guy who wired up a .. oh a 1.5 mF cap, if I recall? ... wrongly, powered on his thing, turned around to get something from another work area, and the cap had blown through a 1/4" metal plate and went up through the suspended ceiling.
Was a good case for wearing eye protection. :)
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Skornik
Gallente
BGG
League of Abnormal Gentlemen
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:19:00 -
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Well - capacitors store energy. I expect the unit would be some big amount of Joules.
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Lady Caeser
Open Fist of Castallus
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:22:00 -
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I am also liking wiggly-farads
Taking into account Winterblink's story, ship explosions should be big enough to take off your face, and do some splash too :)
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:22:00 -
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Originally by: Skornik
Well - capacitors store energy. I expect the unit would be some big amount of Joules.
Correct form of measuring energy is jiggawatts.
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defiler
Mad Hermit
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:29:00 -
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Oomph!
Take the discothron, it needs to pump out a lot oomph to get that lasting oomph.
Oomph gives your ship oomph. Couldn't be simpler.
Mad Hermit corporation
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:31:00 -
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I would like to pledge my support for the wiggly-farads. It should wing it's way in to the prime fiction at the earliest possible opportunity.
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Krezeb
Caldari
Ginnungagaps Rymdfarargille
Tre Kroner
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:32:00 -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigawatt
wtf is a jiggawatt?
a watt that jiggles?
a jiggaly watt?
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Minmatar
Liberty Rogues
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:32:00 -
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Originally by: Lady Caeser
I am also liking wiggly-farads
I vote we petition CCP to name the capacitor units as this ^^
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James Lyrus
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:36:00 -
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Isn't a farad a measure of capacitance, rather than capacitor? Much like resistance.
I think you'd be looking for either Joules (units of energy) or coulombs (units of charge).
Course, you could probably go a bit esoteric and use Kcal, which is also a measure of energy. Or KW/hrs for that matter.
Problem with Coulombs is that whilst they can be defined in terms of capacitance, you also need to know voltage. 1 Coulomb is defined in terms of 1 farads of capacitance, and volts.
1 coulomb being 1 farad x 1 volt. Actually, I seem to recall the definition of voltaeg might actually be 'joules per coulomb'.
Personally, I'd go with 'electron volts' simply beacause then you get impressive numbers.
1 eV is a unit of energy approximately equal to 1.6 E-19 joules (literally, the energy of an electron at a potential of 1 volt).
So you get to use peta, etta and other very large SI prefixes when you're quoting electron volts.
Of course, given your power core is rated in megawatts, megajoules might not be an unreasonable measurement either...
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:36:00 -
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Originally by: Krezeb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigawatt
wtf is a jiggawatt?
a watt that jiggles?
a jiggaly watt?
Oh my god, go watch Back to the Future. :)
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Fehz
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:40:00 -
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Originally by: Winterblink
Edited by: Winterblink on 10/08/2007 14:01:53
Farads, yes. I would imagine the EVE ones are measured in some sickeningly large denomination of Farads since people use like 5F caps in car stereos so their brake lights don't dim with every beat of the music.
Also I had an instructor in college rig up a tiny cap (say the size of your thumbnail) to a power supply and had everyone move over to one side of the room. The thing blew crap everywhere when it popped, and was as loud as a low-caliber pistol.
Yeah, our electronics teacher showed us that trick.. he regretted it ever since, cause we'd shoot crap at him from the back of the classroom.. 20 guys standing next to power supplies and electronic parts everywhere.. never caught who did it.. (all of us)
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:52:00 -
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Originally by: Fehz
Yeah, our electronics teacher showed us that trick.. he regretted it ever since, cause we'd shoot crap at him from the back of the classroom.. 20 guys standing next to power supplies and electronic parts everywhere.. never caught who did it.. (all of us)
Mine used to wire up charged caps to his desk drawer handles to catch people stealing his stapler.
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Grapez
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:59:00 -
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Edited by: Grapez on 10/08/2007 16:02:15
Originally by: Skornik
Well - capacitors store energy. I expect the unit would be some big amount of Joules.
This is correct. Farad is a measure of capacitance at a given voltage difference. The actual "energy" stroed in the capacitor's magnetic and electric fields is discharged as electrical current.
EDIT: It would probably be most correct to measure the capacitor size in Farads, as in a measure of the potential energy it can hold when full. If you're talking about the "yellow pizza" thing on the UI, then that would be representing current*voltage, I think.
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:32:00 -
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I too will throw my support behind the wiggly-farad.
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Vodka Neat
Vendetta Underground
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:42:00 -
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If you are talking stored power then there is only one measure... Chuck Norris'. "Bob's Titan fleet equals about .5 Chuck Norris Units"
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Phil Miller
Ocean Dynamics
Dark Matter Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:44:00 -
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Originally by: Brutor Shaun
Wiggly-Amps.....perhaps?
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Tarminic
Black Flame Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:45:00 -
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Originally by: Vodka Neat
If you are talking stored power then there is only one measure... Chuck Norris'. "Bob's Titan fleet equals about .5 Chuck Norris Units"
They're not "Chuck Norris Units," they're JiggaFists. 
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