T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] super battery

Monday, November 1, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] super battery

I understand that Nissan is working on a hybrid auto using supercapacitors instead of batteries. In that application it might work very well, lots of power, quick recharge etc. In a PLANING application it might work well, for the few seconds required to get the boat on plane. in a NON-planing application I don't see much advantage, unless the capacitors are cheaper (per kwh) than batteries.

--- On Mon, 11/1/10, Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] super battery
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 10:20 AM
Hi Bill,
super capacitors, Not a long enough boost for what we want, But maybe enough to get someone out of trouble.

Kevin Pemberton

On 10/31/2010 10:22 PM, Bill Spires wrote:

My son told me recently that there have been breakthroughs in using capacitors to store electricity. They offer fast discharge and recharge. Anyone else heard anything?

Capt. Bill
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