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<blockquote data-quote="geolemon" data-source="post: 340958" data-attributes="member: 547749"><p>I don't do "bullshit".</p><p></p><p>I also don't do reading comprehension seminars...</p><p></p><p>I suggest you revisit my words to see where you went wrong. I never said that electrons flowed slower or faster.</p><p></p><p>I said that batteries are slower to respond to discharge, and are also proportionally slower to charge. That's not a function of electron speed.</p><p></p><p>Capacitors have lightning fast discharge times, and proportionally lightning fast charge times.</p><p></p><p>I'll give you one large difference (related to their speed, charge and discharge) - ESR.</p><p></p><p>They indeed have very different properties... they do very different jobs.</p><p></p><p>You seem to be confused on that.</p><p></p><p>By the virtue of your post above, you seem to think that alternators, batteries, capacitors all do the same job, as sources of electricity. Very interesting. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>I think that I should let <strong>you</strong> dispute the points of my post - as you find issue - and then we'll address them one by one, to see what is "bullshit". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif</p><p></p><p>I particularly like your edjumicated statements like <em>"Manufacturers push them on unknowledgeable people."</em> //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif</p><p></p><p>Look, as regards your overly-bold and off-base statements...</p><p></p><p>Fundamentally, Capacitors and Batteries are very different items.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few links to get you back on track:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor3.htm" target="_blank">The first sentence says it all.</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.schumacher.clara.net/powercap.htm" target="_blank">Why do you need a power cap? </a> (<em>this</em> site isn't even a car audio topic, if you needed a less biased source... yet it's the same problem, and the same solution that you claim is "bullshit" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif )</p><p></p><p>Even though it's not the electrons that are flowing slower, that wasn't ever the statement or the issue... the response of the component, the amount of current allowed to flow over time is the issue, comparing a battery to a capacitor.</p><p></p><p>So I would take that beer now, except I don't drink (maybe you've had too many yourself).</p><p></p><p>Maybe you can shed some of those unedjumicated myths that you cling to (my doubts are that you even understand where they came from - do you? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geolemon, post: 340958, member: 547749"] I don't do "bullshit". I also don't do reading comprehension seminars... I suggest you revisit my words to see where you went wrong. I never said that electrons flowed slower or faster. I said that batteries are slower to respond to discharge, and are also proportionally slower to charge. That's not a function of electron speed. Capacitors have lightning fast discharge times, and proportionally lightning fast charge times. I'll give you one large difference (related to their speed, charge and discharge) - ESR. They indeed have very different properties... they do very different jobs. You seem to be confused on that. By the virtue of your post above, you seem to think that alternators, batteries, capacitors all do the same job, as sources of electricity. Very interesting. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] I think that I should let [B]you[/B] dispute the points of my post - as you find issue - and then we'll address them one by one, to see what is "bullshit". [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] I particularly like your edjumicated statements like [I]"Manufacturers push them on unknowledgeable people."[/I] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG] Look, as regards your overly-bold and off-base statements... Fundamentally, Capacitors and Batteries are very different items. Here are a few links to get you back on track: [URL="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor3.htm"]The first sentence says it all.[/URL] [URL="http://www.schumacher.clara.net/powercap.htm"]Why do you need a power cap? [/URL] ([I]this[/I] site isn't even a car audio topic, if you needed a less biased source... yet it's the same problem, and the same solution that you claim is "bullshit" [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG] ) Even though it's not the electrons that are flowing slower, that wasn't ever the statement or the issue... the response of the component, the amount of current allowed to flow over time is the issue, comparing a battery to a capacitor. So I would take that beer now, except I don't drink (maybe you've had too many yourself). Maybe you can shed some of those unedjumicated myths that you cling to (my doubts are that you even understand where they came from - do you? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG]). [/QUOTE]
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