Supercapacitor Battery Bank

Started by smanners, March 06, 2018, 04:43:50 PM

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smanners

Has anyone looked at or have an opinion on the Killowatt Labs Sirius Capacitor Module. This is a 48v microprocessor controlled Supercapacitor battery. Claims 3.55kwh of capacity, 100% DOD theoretical cycle life of 1,000,000. Currently retailing for about AUD4500. Expensive but given cycle life interesting. I’m sceptical.



mike90045

They have a lot of words on their site, but no numbers,   sounds like vaporware.

Caps and batteries are very different.   
Caps store power from 0-15V   All is usable  Call it 50 Watt hours  But your inverter crashes at 11V, so 70% or so, is unavailable for use by a inverter
Batteries provide useful power from 11-15V.  Call that 50 Watt hours too. Your inverter can use all of it.

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smanners

Yes there is very little technical documentation on the product.

ClassicCrazy

Quote from: mike90045 on March 07, 2018, 02:58:13 AM
They have a lot of words on their site, but no numbers,   sounds like vaporware.

Caps and batteries are very different.   
Caps store power from 0-15V   All is usable  Call it 50 Watt hours  But your inverter crashes at 11V, so 70% or so, is unavailable for use by a inverter
Batteries provide useful power from 11-15V.  Call that 50 Watt hours too. Your inverter can use all of it.

Thanks for that perspective Mike  - it is a good point on how numbers and claims can be deceiving.

Larry
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Robin

We are working with Deka on their Ultra battery. The B17 will have its own jack to talk to the Ultra battery.
Robin Gudgel

Highflyer

Robin,

Is there any chance other inverters (Think Rosie) will also be able to talk to the Deka Ultra battery?

Brian

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