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Old 05-21-2010, 10:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
NiHaoMike
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A capacitor array could let you FAS a lot more since capacitors are very good for peak power. It can even be made to work on 12v (although you'll need many dozen Farads of capacitance), but higher voltages are more practical since energy stored increases linearly with capacitance but increases with the square of the voltage.
capacitor array for starting engine - diyAudio
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