Jump starting and measuring very large capacitor values are among the questions our resident expert answers this quarter
Can capacitors be used as portable jumpstart power sources for starting cars?
Engine cranking is in fact an excellent application for electrochemical capacitors, and this for several reasons. The first and most obvious one is that they have exceptional high-power performance, even at low temperatures. A second is that they have very high cycle life, in effect not wearing out, as is the case with some of the other options available for such a use. A third . . .
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