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Yeah, let's go ahead and store huge electrical charges in the foundations of every new house built! What could possibly go wrong?
by rob74 3y ago
Yeah, let's go ahead and store huge electrical charges in the foundations of every new house built! What could possibly go wrong?
- moffkalast 3y agoThe floor is l̶a̶v̶a̶ lightning.
- harvie 3y agoi guess the voltage would be rather low... but current capacity might be enough to melt your drill bit, if you decide to drill hole through both of the electrodes :-D
- rob74 3y agoOk, TIL that the high capacity of a supercap doesn't translate into a ginormous voltage (Wikipedia: "A supercapacitor [...] is a high-capacity capacitor, with a capacitance value much higher than other capacitors but with lower voltage limits"). Good to know...
- regularfry 3y agoSpecifically in this case they were limited to less than 1.23V because that's when you start to get water breakdown in the electrolyte solution (if I've read it right).
- klyrs 3y agoCurrent kills. If your foundation cracks, say, in an earthquake, the electrodes can become exposed. Flooding is also common in earthquakes. As another poster said, floor is lightning.