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hmm, I was going to jump in with "Capacitors are never more than 50% efficient, because physics" but it seems only if you charge from nothing at a constant curr

hmm, I was going to jump in with "Capacitors are never more than 50% efficient, because physics" but it seems only if you charge from nothing at a constant current: http://www.scribd.com/doc/79500452/ANALOG-SEEKrets-DC-to-Daylight#page=574 http://www.scribd.com/doc/79500452/ANALOG-SEEKrets-DC-to-Day... (filed under "today I learned")

Dylan16807 14y ago
You didn't know you could connect a capacitor to an inductor and let it bounce away until resistance slowly drained the power? And it's not constant current that would hurt you, it's constant voltage. Because the extra voltage bleeds away into the resistance of your components. If you had ideal components without resistance or inductance it would be impossible to actually apply a pure voltage source to a capacitor.