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Capacitors are not batteries nor liquid storage. Unlike chemical based energy storage, capacitors can dump all their energy at once. Literally! Look up the d
by EricE 6y ago
Capacitors are not batteries nor liquid storage. Unlike chemical based energy storage, capacitors can dump all their energy at once. Literally!
Look up the definition of an explosion. I’m super excited about super capacitors - I think they are going to be required in order to make electric cars truly feasible - but the concerns around the safety of them should be dismissed just because they might hold up progress!
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThere's some pretty basic electrical trickery that can be applied to limit current in the discharge direction without limiting it in the charge direction. I'm dismissing these concerns not because they might hold up progress but because they're well withing what Donald Rumsfeld would call a "known known" of engineering difficulties.
- Tostino 6y agoGenerally super capacitors don't have quite the same oomph as a regular electrolytic capacitor in charge/discharge. They lie somewhere between electrolytic and modern Lithium chemistries. Still can be super dangerous...