modified 11 years ago

Wondering how you wire a “super capacitor”

02:56:17

There's a little bitty 3kF capacitor on Mouser for like $73.  But how would I wire it up? like this?  If this is sorta right, how could you keep the current from flickering like that once you're on cap-power or returning from it? Maybe that's a mathematical error in the model?  The variations are so small, they could be roundoff.

published 11 years ago

torrid

11 years ago

It's not really flickering like that. The curve is a common EC artifact.

jettero

11 years ago

EC is electric circuit? meaning modeling software?

Sine_eyed

11 years ago

Yes it is but, there are some pretty heavy duty mathematics involved to run a simulation. Math that is over the heads of most enthusiasts, myself included. Using EC, you learn about this stuff along the way.

Sine_eyed

11 years ago

Though I wonder about this capacitor- what size is it? Did you say kilo-Farad??..

bakriawad

11 years ago

Seems like a beast!

jettero

11 years ago

http://goo.gl/YgUAb3 ← not sure you can post urls in here, but that's the mouser search that blows your mind with the big kF s.

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