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Originally Posted by serialk11r
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.
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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.