Re: 5'10" medium build = 60pf?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I would think that the capacitance is more a function of surface area or
linear dimensions...
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Subject: Re: 5'10" medium build = 60pf?


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>
>
> In a message dated 9/14/02 10:29:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> >
> > Average 170 lb man has body cap of 160 pF.
> >
> > Dr. Resonance
>
>
>
> Dr. Resonance,
>
> Would this analogy work for people of different sizes? For example:
> would the pF capacitance of a 230 lb. man equal - 230 lbs./X pF =
> 170 lbs./160 pF?  And would the capacitance of a 6'4" man at 230
> lbs. be any different from that of a 5'10" man at the same 230 lbs?
>
> Curious,
> David Rieben
>
>