[TR] Thinking about deleting my battery on my TR4.

[dave n]

here is what a friend of mine who is an electrical engineer said:

It appears that the voltage for one of the boards is 2.7 volts.  You would need 5 of them hooked in series which would give you a little over 13 volts.  With capacitors the voltage goes down as they discharge.  With that much capacitance they will not go down very fast.  The 5 boards are almost the same cost as a battery.  But, batteries die after about 4 years.  The capacitors should last more than 10 years.


The banks need to be hooked up with copper that will carry enough current and you do not want to allow them to be shorted out.



From: wbeech 
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:25 PM
To: 'Chris Simo' ; 'list Triumph' 
Subject: Re: [TR] Thinking about deleting my battery on my TR4.

Interesting, can they provide the cranking amps?

Bill B

 

From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Simo
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:19 AM
To: list Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Thinking about deleting my battery on my TR4.

 

My Tr4 always starts quickly -- Anyone tried substituing super caps for battery on their TR?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Farad-Capacitor-2-7V-120F-6pcs-Super-Capacitor-With-Protection-Board-Module-/322082558227?rmvSB=true

 





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