I use a power supply at work that has 3 16uf 4kv capacitors in parallel.
They get charged to 3535 vdc and then discharged in less than a
millisecond.
Thats some serious current flow.
Its used to create a very big spark or plasma, and some strong magnetic
fields.
I wouldn't worry to much about a 1 farad capacitor charged to less than
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