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What methods are there for storing electrical potential energy in water vapor? [closed]

for an engineering class I had to create an electrical energy storage device and I began thinking about thunderstorms (I think it was a cloudy day) and how they create lighting. I know it's not ...
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Are my soaked capacitors still okay?

When the delivery man dropped my capacitors off earlier yesterday he did not ring the doorbell and I had no idea they had arrived on my front step. Then an intense rainstorm showed up and soaked the ...
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Water level: BIG capacitive level sensor with steel bars?

So I want to measure water level under a bridge, or inside the city drain. Would it be possible to run two long (4 meter) metal probes, each one enclosed inside a PVC pipe, and placed one next to the ...
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Use a 15µf capacitor instead of original 12.5 µf for a water pump?

I have a 0.5 HP water pump. It's having trouble in starting and I have noticed the capacitor is damaged. It had a 12.5 µF 450V capacitor. When i went to buy a new capacitor the seller gave me a 15 µf ...
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