[–] MannKepetry ago
you want something like an electrolyte capacitor wich is much much more efficient. even with the resources and tools of that time it there would probably have been dozens of easier designs. you want as this as possible, as conductive layers with as thin as possible isolating but as permeable as possible spaces between them.
[–] Sullysq ago
I'm having troubles understanding what you're saying here tbh. You said the cap could've been better. It was made of gold. I don't know how much more conductive you can get. Now you're talking about thinner conductive layers and thinner insulation?
Electrolyte capacitor? I don't think that at this scale, both size and capacitance, you would want a rapid discharge. With low voltage coming in and potentially a large demand on the storage you'd want something that wouldn't release a charge until storage was sufficiently large and you wouldn't want to release all of it or much of it quickly at all. The amount of charge that a capacitor of this size could hold would be more useful if it were slowly released, like as from a battery.
[–] MannKepetry ago
the charge has to be released by switch and not be held back by low conductance because unwanted discharge will always be too high. its like a bucket with a hole to regulate how much it is being filled. the gold was only on the tip and on the surface so it is pointless for a capacitor the whole size of the pyramid