I've seen them used mostly in buses for short term regen purposes (they
can absorb lots of power very quickly from a heavy vehicle stopping, and
then release it back out to accelerate back up to speedmore so than
a battery pack)
Jay
On 6/25/20 2:10 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
A surplus
In the early 2000s, Solectria (RIP) used supercaps experimentally as current
levelers in EVs. They hoped to get more range out of lead batteries.
The idea worked, to a degree, but the caps' rapid voltage fall meant they
needed a DC:DC converter, and its (in)efficiency was a problem. Also, th
Maybe Dennis B is still monitoring this forum, he and Bill Dube might be
familiar with this and willing to chime in. We discussed pack stiffening years
ago and frankly thought it had been done to death by now. I have a few flight
packs worth of BB600s that might be very useful with a Ucap booste
Lee;
Question from a novice who knows nothing about supercaps.
Would these be on any use to help with battery sag when drag racing?
Thanks;
Dennis
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> On Jun 25, 2020, at 1:08 PM, "Lee Hart via EV" wrote:
>
> A surplus house I occasionally buy from is offering these 2600 far
A surplus house I occasionally buy from is offering these 2600 farad
2.6v "boostcaps" for $36.
https://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G24932&utm_source=Goldmine&utm_campaign=9211b9afc8-MAY23-2014_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_15cb8e0368-9211b9afc8-60186738
They claim t
