has anyone talked about using a capacitor instead of a battery? just to reduce the size of what you're holding, then plug it into the battery pack every few hits...sorry i don't have electronics knowledge, is something like this possible?
Capacitor Instead of Battery?
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Is this possible? I wish it was. I'd love to have a PCC box of 20 small capacitors on charge... each one with around 15 minutes worth of power.
vaping would be just like analogue smoking then.
vaping would be just like analogue smoking then.
Sorry but I can't remember where but, we were talking about using 3 supper caps in parallel with a battery to increase the batt life. However supper caps are a bit large.
It's called a 10180 battery. I made a Micro Mini Box mod with one and the battery life is pretty close to that. lol
A lot of tool companies are using them with batteries to extend the battery life of the tools that have a high voltage surge.
lol. lol. lol.. and roflmao....and lol again.
I asked the same question about 6 months ago (or more)... it's here somewhere. Got a lot of crap from the pros... lol. It turns out that, yes, you can do it..... but the capacitors weigh in at about 4 pounds, if their calculations were correct, even using super caps... several pounds. The energy density for caps is low compared to batteries. Batteries are slow to charge/discharge but have high density. Caps... fast charge/discharge low density. I was looking for a puff or two, charge, puff, charge and would use a "charge tray" rather than an ash tray. But even then.... 4 pounds.
It's worth searching for if you can find it. I know Java_AZ has some smart-.... remark about exercise equipment and building biceps in it....lol.
Oh well. Great minds think alike... and mess up sometimes too.
I asked the same question about 6 months ago (or more)... it's here somewhere. Got a lot of crap from the pros... lol. It turns out that, yes, you can do it..... but the capacitors weigh in at about 4 pounds, if their calculations were correct, even using super caps... several pounds. The energy density for caps is low compared to batteries. Batteries are slow to charge/discharge but have high density. Caps... fast charge/discharge low density. I was looking for a puff or two, charge, puff, charge and would use a "charge tray" rather than an ash tray. But even then.... 4 pounds.
It's worth searching for if you can find it. I know Java_AZ has some smart-.... remark about exercise equipment and building biceps in it....lol.
Oh well. Great minds think alike... and mess up sometimes too.
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I recently saw a youtube video of some guy apparently selling custom circuits. He was showing a board with two capacitors that were bigger than a D cell and a voltage regulator board.
He said he got a lot of time out of it but he never stated what kind of energy output profile it had.
He said he got a lot of time out of it but he never stated what kind of energy output profile it had.
Well for our application they are not that big or heavy, but they are a space hog. 30mm long x 10mm OD. Digi-Key - 589-1002-ND (Manufacturer - ESHSR-0010C0-002R7) and you would need about 3 of them.
EDIT: size below is too big (12mm OD) - heres some smaller: PowerBurst Data Sheet
I saw that two of these could form a little over five volts, would they offer too much power for an atty?
if small contact nipples were on the side of an e-cig with two of these in series could i use it wirelessly, and...
if i palmed an 18650 and made contact with the e-cig would that offer up enough juice to re-charge it quickly, or would that be the weak link, long re-charge times?
how long would something like this last on a charge?
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Tecate Powerburst TPL-28/12X40F
TPL-28/12X40F [TPL-28/12X40F] - $7.13 : Tecate Group Ultracapacitors, The power of the future. Today.
seems like it could fit into a small tube about 10mm in diameter, or just shrink tubing to test
thinking Cordless El ......, small with the atty in the lips,
I saw that two of these could form a little over five volts, would they offer too much power for an atty?
if small contact nipples were on the side of an e-cig with two of these in series could i use it wirelessly, and...
if i palmed an 18650 and made contact with the e-cig would that offer up enough juice to re-charge it quickly, or would that be the weak link, long re-charge times?
how long would something like this last on a charge?
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Tecate Powerburst TPL-28/12X40F
TPL-28/12X40F [TPL-28/12X40F] - $7.13 : Tecate Group Ultracapacitors, The power of the future. Today.
seems like it could fit into a small tube about 10mm in diameter, or just shrink tubing to test
thinking Cordless El ......, small with the atty in the lips,
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Are you talking about recharging the battery or the cap?
If it's the cap, sure. many many times. The caps recharge very fast,
ultracapacitor design tool from Tecate Group,
Vw 5.3
Vmin 4.4
I 1.95
t 6 sec.
Product TPL50/18X41F
NUMBER IN SERIES=2
balancing resistor value recommendation 3,600
That's a bit too thick - 18mm,
giving up on this for now.
EDIT: it was even worse for lower voltage, having to have so many in parallel as well as series
Vw 5.3
Vmin 4.4
I 1.95
t 6 sec.
Product TPL50/18X41F
NUMBER IN SERIES=2
balancing resistor value recommendation 3,600
That's a bit too thick - 18mm,
giving up on this for now.
EDIT: it was even worse for lower voltage, having to have so many in parallel as well as series
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