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Originally Posted by Enki
In my mind one of the draws to using supercaps is the life expectancy; sadly, this goes down considerably when charged to full (and especially more). I honestly think you'd be better off burning that extra voltage off as heat, or having the alt rebuilt to only put out 14 volts flat, or having an adjustable regulator put in to allow you to tune it.
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I have been wondering how difficult/expensive it would be to modify the alternator to output 14v. Perhaps it would be as easy as installing a power diode in series with the alternator.