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Old 03-23-2011, 08:49 PM   #4537 (permalink)
isaac_alaska
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okay. that makes a lot more sense. it seems i'm learning a ton of stuff every day...hehe. so really all the capacitor is doing is supplementing the battery so that it can provide a much higher pulse current over a short duration? i was under the assumption the the switch was somehow cutting out the battery from the circuit and the motor was being run from the energy stored in the capacitors, but i think i was picturing a different circuit. maybe it was a buck converter? i'll have to look into it.
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