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Old 10-23-2020, 07:43 AM   #363 (permalink)
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You are right. But coupling the caps to a battery also has voltage problems.

A lead acid sits at 13 ish volts. So you are essentially wasting delta 3V.

In my un investigated case, the capacitors are not sufficient to start the vehicle (i probably need to do a better connection to the capacitors). I am thinking of a small boost converter to top the caps to 16V for startup.
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