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I did a write up here on super caps and a little testing. No balancing circuits used though

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/178148-bump4lifes-supercapacitor-overview-and-testing/

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I have an ~850 farad cap bank. You know how with voltage drop it's kind of all or nothing? Either you are holding 14v+ (or whatever your alt charges at) or you drop to 13v or lower.

Capacitors store energy. Not in the same way batteries do though. Batteries create energy though a chemical reaction - of which only takes place below the batteries "resting voltage". Capacitors store a difference in electrons - think like static electricity. This means they can absorb/release power at ANY voltage.

So in between your alternator's charging voltage and your battery's voltage potential (13v and below) - this is where caps shine. They basically act like a giant stabilizer. It cushions your drops, absorbs your peaks. I have a video of them which I'll post below. Been meaning to get a second one with the VM-1

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that is just impressive results. 2 banks on how much power? a cross fire 8k? lol

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snowdrifter i believe has to banks, but he is also running xs p0wer 14volt battery, and charging above 16volts. Like you said @bump4life, higher voltage, equals higher capacity

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snowdrifter i believe has to banks, but he is also running xs p0wer 14volt battery, and charging above 16volts. Like you said @bump4life, higher voltage, equals higher capacity

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I run 14v batts an 14 black caps an 12 blue ones.. Love my caps

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snowdrifter i believe has to banks, but he is also running xs p0wer 14volt battery, and charging above 16volts. Like you said @bump4life, higher voltage, equals higher capacity

yes but caps charge and discharge at a linear rate. so it doesnt matter what voltage they are used at. results should be same in a perfect world at any voltage as long as draw is the same

Linear..?

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/capchg.html

Charging current asymptotically goes to zero as it charges.

Then it exponentially discharges.

Energy stored in a cap = 0.5 * C * V^2

Since voltage is squared, energy skyrockets as you increase voltage.

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snowdrifter i believe has to banks, but he is also running xs p0wer 14volt battery, and charging above 16volts. Like you said @bump4life, higher voltage, equals higher capacity

yes but caps charge and discharge at a linear rate. so it doesnt matter what voltage they are used at. results should be same in a perfect world at any voltage as long as draw is the same
Linear..?

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/capchg.html

Charging current asymptotically goes to zero as it charges.

Then it exponentially discharges.

Energy stored in a cap = 0.5 * C * V^2

Since voltage is squared, energy skyrockets as you increase voltage.

Now now, lets not blow OPs mind quite yet :)

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learn me :) lol guess i was thinking wrong thing. makes sense though.

linear. dirrrr, i have much to learn still

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Can you guys show some examples of balancing circuits

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so say I bought an AGM battery with the big 3 upgrade on a 120 amp or bigger alternator would I be able to buy 2 supercapacitors like the ones @banginhummer posted

would that work on a 2k RMS system?

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