Originally posted by totoalas
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I've tried using a cap pulser with relay to dump into the source by disconnecting the source battery from the run side during the dump via a relay. This was just an experiment, but it did work technically. My run battery stayed at very close to the same voltage for a couple of hours. But after a couple of hours the battery was really warm. I noticed the next day that this battery no longer had great capacity. I had to cycle it a few times to get it to come back. So this tells me that rapidly charging and discharging a battery at the same time is a nogo. Capacitors on the other hand would not mind this at all. I was even thinking about trying some of those hybrid capacitors that have lithium ion chemicals. They charge fast like a cap, but discharge slowly like a battery.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Chris
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