Chris Hammer Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Found it: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/157561-capacitors-whats-the-real-story/page-13 Capacitance in parallel is additive, not in series, it reduces. Therefore seven 2600F caps in series would equal ~370F. They require (should have) a balancing circuit so they don't charge at different voltages. A balancing circuit will slowly drain an electrical system, therefore I'd be a little leery at only running caps. A conventional battery will still have a TON more energy storage and be much more reliable as your sole power source. This cap-bank is a great idea for some voltage stabilization, but I wouldn't get rid of my batteries quite yet. Could you wire up a cap bank liek this with a balancing circuit, but wire the circuit into a switch so you can shut it off when you park your car? Or even relay to ignition wire so accesory turns on the balancing circuit? MY BUILD *****http://tinyurl.com/gmcbuild***** Vehicles 2005 GMC Canyon CB1000r - Currently where any future funds are going. (exhasut,bazzaz, ohlins shock, screen, etc.) crf250r - Used to be race bike..now I just trail ride..practice at the track on it. CH80 - Daily beater (when nice weather)best 150$ ever spent. 100+mpg Sold to: Skullz - pstone11 - Leo1103 - Volvo 63' - pavelpardo - imnew59585 Shower farts still piss me off.I think theyre pretty neat. When the water runs down your crack as you let one out... its like shitting in a crockpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterJohnson Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Can't you just run batteries and if u need 14v run a 14v system....won't go past 14 volts then Scion tC SQ BuildiPad mini, lots of fabrication, daily drivenFord Explorer C Pillar Wall Build Just a cheap car to destroy with bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicks Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Found it: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/157561-capacitors-whats-the-real-story/page-13 Capacitance in parallel is additive, not in series, it reduces. Therefore seven 2600F caps in series would equal ~370F. They require (should have) a balancing circuit so they don't charge at different voltages. A balancing circuit will slowly drain an electrical system, therefore I'd be a little leery at only running caps. A conventional battery will still have a TON more energy storage and be much more reliable as your sole power source. This cap-bank is a great idea for some voltage stabilization, but I wouldn't get rid of my batteries quite yet. Could you wire up a cap bank liek this with a balancing circuit, but wire the circuit into a switch so you can shut it off when you park your car? Or even relay to ignition wire so accesory turns on the balancing circuit? You could, but the cap-bank is still connected to your battery(s) so that would allow some caps to charge to different voltages which you don't want. The balancing circuit keeps everything balanced all the time. A better method would be to disconnect the entire cap-bank from your charging circuit. Then the caps could discharge from the balancing circuit and the whole mechanism is recharged when you reconnect it (start your car). The downside to this is the enormous strain on your electrical system to charge that cap-bank up each time. Similar situation to jumping your car because of a dead battery and letting the alternator charge that dead battery which is a huge electrical current load. Another problem would be a switching relay which could handle that current. Basically a relay that could handle hundreds of amps of current. While those are available, the switching contacts could build up some resistance from the switching and probably cause some voltage drop which you're trying to get rid of in the first place. This post sent with 100% recycled electrons. 2004 BMW M3Mechman 280A 2 - XS Power XP30001 - XS Power D375 500F of Maxwell SuperCaps (soon to be 1000F) iPadMini2Dash mounted O-scopeAudison bitOne (Remote DRC MP) Highs Amp - PPI Art A404 Hertz HSK130 (HSK165 waiting...) DC Audio DC9.0K 2- DC Audio XL12m2LEGAL - 147.3dB @ 41Hz OUTLAW - 150.2dB @ 45Hz OUTLAW - 145.7dB @ 30Hz JUNE 2014 SOTM WINNER 2014 COLORADO PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER SOTM BUILD:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141656-wicks-e46-m3-build-bass-turbo-button-and-a-big-new-addition/page-68#entry2802026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x91evo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Yea if I wanted to go 14V (I have been there and went back to 12V), I would just opt for some d1400s lolThis seems like its still experimental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armykyle1 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 No matter what you do, you'll never get batteries to discharge as fast as cap. Plain and simple. So if you're burping, you'll get more instant power. Probably more than you know what do with. Also if you're running a 12v system (14v charging) and you have an adjustable regulator, you can dial up to 15.5 or so depending on how many caps you seriesed. You'll actually get that extra bit of stored power, not just trickle down. Caps are very dangerous too, so you need to take extra care when handling them. They're not as forgiving as batteries. TEAM XS POWERTEAM HEAVY HERTZMy build- http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/194454-e46-bmw-build-pos/#entry2914134youtube- http://www.youtube.com/user/armykyle1big build starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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