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Old 10-26-2020, 01:27 PM   #370 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Er, I'm pretty sure self-discharge is proportional to voltage, so you still have substantial leakage current at 2.4V. The car's parasitic drain is still higher though.
All of my caps are wired with LED balancing, so there's no easy way for me to measure self-discharge. That said, I thought self-discharge was non-linear with voltage? I could be wrong.

Either way, you're right that parasitic loads tend to exceed the self-discharge. My motorcycle can sit about 3 days before the voltage dips too low to start the bike.
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