Replacing My Car Battery with Capacitors in 2023!

[@c--b]

Glad to see you're still mucking around with tech, nobody else has specifically the interests that you do, so its always a treat when you upload something.

[@MasterIvo]

cool to see so much charge was left in the super caps after such a long time. I always wondered about that.

[@antibrevity]

Awesome to see this idea return to the channel and in a prettier guise as well ;). You suggested that drain shouldn't be a problem on this car, but it was with the original pack and IIRC you added an LFP battery to keep it topped off. I look forward to seeing how this holds up if the car goes a long time without starting.

[@frankreyes1264]

I have been watching your videos for years and it was so nice to see this video after a year or so, welcome back, helpfully you will have the time to continue doing new videos in the near future. Blessings. Frank from Miami Florida.

[@Convolutedtubules]

Good to see us ;) happy 4:20

[@TonyOnekaNobY]

Wow! It's good to see you back again! Hope all is well! You've got a lot of great insight into energy saving and research. Keep it up and I'm looking forward to seeing what you discover and innovate.

[@masonlifestyle3003]

timing is everything .. a month ago i came across the whole old tech being brought back to life such as electroculture and thought of you... i decided to catch up on what you might be doing only to find out you hadn't posted in a year...showed friend some of your old videos on the sol 1 etc... and BOOM here you are posting a brand new video ... How cool is that!!!!... in these trying exiting times we are living ..its TIME to get back to work on self sustainability if we want to survive what is coming... looking forward to what you got in store .... and WOW nice workshop build YARRR!

[@cboy-ou2hr]

I just clicked his video yesterday to add it to one of my playlists he really does come when he’s needed most

[@enniopelliccia3844]

Glad you're back 🎉🎉🎉 can't wait to see all the modifications on your car 👍

[@shubus]

Wow! This is a great idea. Seems somewhere along the way a house move occurred and hence no shop for quite awhile or any videos, but the new shop looks great! We hope hope this means a return to our "regularly scheduled programming"!

[@corrigan88101]

Where is the parts list? All I can find is the case files, nothing on the caps.

[@Easyrecliner]

Not sure why its always radio silence from him when asked for part #'s.

[@ja.935g67]

Just made mine today including using the STL files. Thank you! Works great!

[@waynoswaynos]

May I ask, friend, do you still have a part number for the super caps you purchased that you could share with the youtube community? I took numbers I thought I read from one of the video frames but could not find a match.

[@r3l3v4nz]

You’ve been missed. As inspiring as always ;)

[@JoelKreider]

Back Again!! So glad to have an update to the original that probably started the whole movement. Excellent to see you around, looking forward to the new things you’re going to teach us!

[@jims9895]

i really am glad your back to making videos again... looking forward to them. btw, how about making your own capacitors from scratch to replace a car battery? would that be something you might try?

[@darknightfawkes1028]

I thought about this.

[@il51diablo]

Cool to see you're still here! Thanks for this video.

[@johnhenny639]

Looking forward to an update mate

[@Tore_Lund]

Oh yeah that video of yours 10 years ago was an inspiration to do it myself. I currently have the same 6x350F now in my 3'rd car (They are expensive in Europe and no second hand ones available). Have a 10W solar panel on the dash to counter self discharge. They are always full even in winter. Mine is just stuffed behind the dash in a taped up box of coroplast. I have saved hundreds of $ in batteries not bought.

[@deslomeslager]

I would add the LiFePO4 as well, just for smart backup. They can charge the caps when in failure.

[@ChrisWijtmans]

I would just get one of those portable lithium emergency starters/inflators/flshlight things instead

[@mememan2344]

I'd assume the danger of needing to jump your vehicle goes up 10x since you have magnitudes less storage energy than even a lead acid.

[@AhrayahLaban]

I've been watching your older videos for years learning about crystal batteries and atmospheric electricity and am so excited to see you're back! I'm definitely subscribing!

[@eemonster]

after seeing ur old video years ago i built a lifeo4 hybrid pack with 5s1p 28650 cells and 3 maxwell 58f 16.2vdc modules and it works great and has the amp hours and the cold cranking amps of old battery

[@azuwan]

Can you show the detail of your build? I want to make one the hybrid supercap and battery

[@balkaraulakh5131]

Wow I was an elementary school kid when you first did this idea, I recall in one of them you had chickens roaming. Now im 22 and have my own car to mess with lol

[@HtwoHH]

I found you while you were gone. Happy to see you making videos again!

[@drbahb1]

Great to see you back on KZbin. I look forward to watching more of your very interesting and informative videos.

[@ThatRandomMan1]

AWESOME JOB on the great work brother! I was a fan of the first one. Built one myself 🙂 It's lasted. Yeah they might discharge over long periods of time but it works GREAT Especially for a daily driver. No more constantly buying lead acid batteries for like 200$ for my truck every year. Cool stuff man. Thanks for the vid 🙂

[@landonferguson7282]

You could add a small solar panel to keep the boost pack topped off when the car sits for a long time, or just add a trickle charger

[@zenzen9131]

I used one of them small solar panels on the dashboard of a BMW i only used to drive once a month when I was working abroad. I got fed up of replacing the car battery every winter. After I fitted the solar panel the car never went flat. Even in the UK's darkest winter :)

[@ritchiehornak3917]

Glad to see you back on here!

[@gibatohl3542]

Did it start at the end. great working space, nice job.

[@OrthoRocks]

Good to see you back. Looking forward for more videos on joule ringer projects Soln1

[@swabby913]

Wow. Mikrocopter. it was fun being first to the diy "drone" world. Miss those days before dji came and took the fun out of it. Cheers.

[@CharlesTyree777]

Last time I found you was when you built the wooden model. Now you're 3D printing lab quality! Awesome! Love the new shop.

[@krakenking1597]

Thanks for posting! Glad to see an upload.

[@zenzen9131]

Great job. If I was leaving the car at the airport for 2-3 weeks at a time (like I do a lot) then I would personally have one of those small lithium battery jump starter gadgets in the car to get me going in emergencies. They are also great for when travelling to keep your USB stuff charged too. Well worth the money :)

[@Slider2732_]

I've used a motorbike batt in my Gen 3 Prius for 3 years (no need for expensive cranker, cause it doesn't crank!). Have got some 500F supercaps and am thinking about this. Thanks for the prompt to get them wired up 👍

[@Abe8816]

love you bro, so glad your back

[@plightn]

Glad to see you posting about this again!

[@Michael-1205]

Glad you are back to making videos and kudos for the 3d printed supercap storage unit design. 🎉

[@dgSolidarity]

Not too sure where you get the videos plural from. C might be a polymath, but isn't someone pursuing being a 'Tuber, for sure. Nor a mass manufacturer unfortunately. I am still darn right thankful he did do some full manufacturing back in the day for non-makers like me, to ship out fully assembled solar genys.

[@FreeKanal]

Good to see you back. Respect from Poland :)

[@steveweatherford1]

I remember your old setup

[@atechus]

Welcome back... really happy to see you are back. Please update us on your atmosphere motor!!!!!

[@PrestoBaggins]

I'm excited to see you are going to start posting again!

[@RT-hl4uk]

Aww, glad too see you. I was really hoping this was a long term fallow up...

[@m3sca1]

i know someone who did this and it kept ruining the alternator because it was drawing current too fast when refilling after starting the car.

[@Deveak]

Any issues with alternators? Could they burn up from dumping to much power into the capacitors?

[@derweibhai]

I am making a negative cable cutoff using a starter relay hooked to the positive side of the boostpack. It will allow for an in cabin battery cutoff.

[@Mr25thfret]

Great to see you back!

[@hullinstruments]

Glad to see you're back. Would absolutely love to see more about those micropower motors. Similar to the tritium version you built

[@kwaad2]

Welcome back! I love your innovation with Capacitors! Also, I hope you enjoy your Insight! They are really amazing cars! Gonna do a Super-Cap swap for the hybrid pack?

[@RickySupriyadi]

this is legit those caps are years old i remember watching those caps built. it's still works... wow, i even already replaced battery 2 times in that period of time.

[@arshadbangash]

Hey laser, after a long time, I thought they had u, like they did Nikola. Nice to c and hear from u.

[@creatingawareness1947]

Awesome, very inspiring 😄👌🏼, got some new plans for atmos motor? Nice to see more content. Workshop turned out nice 👍🏼

[@canoe3417]

Hello. It's great that you continue to have a KZbin channel. I wanted to ask you if there will be more videos on the topic SJR Looper ?

[@showmequick2245]

you have made me look into this solar stuff and now I am an engineer. I have one of your SOLN1 even shipped it to africa and some still work. :)

[@curtisscott9251]

Fantastic to see you're still at it. Very pragmatic approach you have. Capacitors offer several advantages over batteries. One of which is that you can completely discharge a capacitor bank without hurting it. You CANNOT do that to a battery without badness following! This means that Capacitors have substantially higher usable energy than often given credit for. With the proper engineering - this advantage can be leveraged substantially. Have you done any experiments with BOOST/BUCK converters?

[@vioreldumitru1108]

Been 7 years. thx. great idea. still in my tdi jetta. Let me give you something. Polytron mtc.

[@RonRay]

What is the cost of the capacitors only?

[@acet7]

Nice to see you making videos again.

[@TAGUPNBLUE]

Maxwell made a capacitor start for trucks your two capacitors short to get 14 volts it was a parallel series setup Consistent with Maxwell’s current award-winning ESM product, the ESM ULTRA 31/900 delivers the quick-burst power trucks need to crank their engines in extreme cold, down to -40°F.

[@vaakdemandante8772]

Works great if there's no power draw but in modern cars there almost always is - the alarm alone can draw down a lead acid battery completely in a week or so. A hybrid design would be awesome though.

[@Polycarboneight]

Brilliant! I want to make one and do serious stress-testing on it.

[@bobjoatmon1993]

I don't have the knowledge to build one of these and tried for a couple of years after seeing your earlier videos to get someone (pay for the work) to build one for me but never could. I don't want to learn a bunch of new stuff to do it, I already am overloaded with so much, I just want to take advantage of the technology.

[@anthonywilliams7052]

What happened with the original capacitor replacement, how long was it used? Did it work good in the winter when much higher power is needed to start the car? How many seconds of cranking would it give you if the car had a problem starting? Does this one have the same capacity? What was the total cost?

[@lasersaber]

Most of your questions are answered in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hafFpn2tjtOVrKc This new unity is the same as the original. I used it year around for years in my old car. This playlist has loads more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGtkqJnrbGYbdk

[@hufman9807]

I was looking to replace my electrics cars 12v system with some ultracapasitors... until I crunched the numbers. A typical car has a battery has 50ah of energy, 6 x 2.7v 3000f capacitors are about 1.3ah. You would need 228 capacitors at $60 each = $13,680 or 114kg of super capacitors to replace a typical lead acid.

[@GreggBerkholtz]

Wow, it’s encouraging to hear about your shop. Our farm is just getting up to speed these days, and I am dearly looking forward to unpacking two cargo containers of tools and supplies…and finally getting a shop underway for the first time in nearly a decade. My Maxwell 6x 2600F boost pack has been serving us well for around 10 years now. Although I’ve been considering making a 2nd pack…the Maxwell caps are still over $50/each these days. However, have you considered other ultra caps now on the market, such as the 2.7V 3000F units? Do you have any thoughts on building a boost pack with those?

[@consaka1]

I've actually wanted to do this for some time. However I sometimes like to sit and listen to the radio with the car off. I'm not sure there would be enough amp hours to do that.

[@lasersaber]

Not the best system for listening to the radio with the car off.

[@Blurns]

@@lasersaber I've found trying to do anything with the car off for any length of time is a great way to kill a battery. I left a light on overnight by accident once and that seems like the safest upper limit.

[@InfinionExperiments]

Consider a hybrid setup with a small battery in parallel with supercaps. You should be able to size your system accordingly for the right amount of reserve. I ended up doing a ~30 Wh setup with a 6S2P supercap config (1000F 16.8V rated). I can run the radio with sub for a decent amount of time. Can start the car with as little as 7V with a warm engine which is neat. What would really make supercaps practical in starter applications is a high powered bi-directional dc-dc converter to boost the voltage to just above usable levels. That would unlock another 40% of the usable energy in a supercap and exploit its unique advantage over batteries to discharge down to low voltages while still providing significant power.

[@derweibhai]

Starter relay as a battery disconnect? Use either the ignition as the switch or a separate switch? I have used my boostpack as the only battery in my semi tractor for several years with a manual battery cutoff.

[@VarroTigurius-u1f]

Would a small trickle charger solar panel keep your boost pack topped off when it’s just sitting? (Also allow it to recharge if you accidentally discharged the pack while on the road?)

[@tauat]

welcome back! we missyou updates on sonl1?

[@JeffTheHokie]

What might work best could be a hybrid approach. Keep the battery, but put the boostpack between it and the starter. You could have all the storage and stability of the battery but the booster could handle the heavy lifting

[@victoryfirst2878]

What is mileage of the Honda insight you purchased fella ???

[@insAneTunA]

You could even think about upgrading it with ultra capacitors from Skeleton Ultra capacitors. Those hold even more energy.

[@GO-su3lf]

i used some cheap 500F x 6 in series, able to start my 1.3cc sedan car no problem but it cant hold charge for even 1 hour, the voltage drop too low. Wonder if i change to Maxwell brand, will this problem be solve? My car is quite new and no charging issues.

[@NoMadManKZ]

Bms ?

[@Waterdust2000]

But how long does the charge hold in these? How does the system know not to overcharge them? What are the risks of them in a car crash? so many variables to consider. Is it legal per state or federal regulations to be using these in place of what was meant to be used too.

[@AtlasReburdened]

The charge holds much better than any conventional battery. The charging system simply regulates voltage, so it doesnt matter what the energy storage device is as long as it can handle that voltage. The specific dangers it poses in a car crash are probably smaller than that of a lead acid battery, because those have a much higher energy density and will apply voltage much longer in the event that a crash causes a short circuit. As far as I know there's no regulation directly addressing what type of energy storage you have to use.

[@SolarpunkJackal]

Can't wait for the updates on this super capacitor boost pack! Was an LFP battery ever needed in addition?

[@professorfukyu744]

Crazy jelly. I cant afford to do similar but since im on full solar itd be super useful for my project.

[@Teknopottu]

Great to see new stuff from you! Could a heavy duty switch be in place? Maybe install it under the steering wheel for easy use or for ease of mind, under the hood?

[@shad0wburn3d]

Welcome Back!

[@lorenbush8876]

That's great, I just had to replace the battery in my truck, fortunately it was in warranty so it didn't cost me but I need to see about building one of those boost packs before I need to replace it again unless I can convert it over to electric. What is the best electric EV for a 1/2 ton truck with enough power to pull either a loaded cargo trailer or a loaded car trailer as well? I just saw this video, thanks.

[@leblancexplores]

Could a smaller set of super capacitors be used to supplement the amps of a LifePo4 battery to start the car? I’m building an RV and I’m curious about replacing all of the batteries with lithium, the super capacitor would allow me to install some equipment and batteries where the original battery were if I can fit them. I think I wouldn’t need nearly as large of capacitors if I have a 350A peak discharge already on the lithiums.

[@jtcustomknives]

I’m seriously considering this. My 5 year old duralast gold battery went out and is now shorted inside so it has to be replaced. The parts stores want about $220 for a replacement of the same battery.

[@Micahwlsn]

This is a pleasant surprise

[@planecrazyish]

Welcome back 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@carllinden533]

You're still at this after 11 years! I'll bet the battery posts corrode less as well because no acid. Life of the car for sure, what does it cost?

[@d.d.z.]

Hi, great video. Can you share the links to the components? In your web there's just the prints and the link to the video. Thanks!

[@raisagorbachov]

I have to replace the batteries on my bus which has a 7.5 liter diesel engine. I'm intrigued by the capacitor option. I realise that this is just an experiment but as my bus is normally started with a pair of group 31, 900A batteries, how many capacitors would I need to crank it?

[@keltonfoster]

Cool car, i like the del sol too.

[@devnuls]

What about adding that protection device that prevents dead batteries, by automatically disconnecting the battery automatically?

[@chrisellingson123]

Awesome. What balancing circuit do you use for the capacitors? Also do you have any recommendations for sourcing these new or secondhand?

[@arifreza598]

Hey I've been watching your videos since the beginning, I've really liked your idea of handcranked flashlight could you please start selling them again ?

[@mathhuemcmahon]

Because of you I bought 6 sets of super caps. I have a diesel and was hoping to make a double sized cap and I also wanted to use 1/8 by 3/4 wide aluminum bar between the contacts then have a bottom and top just like yours. Is it unsafe to go near the ends of the terminals when charged can you get a shock like out of other caps? I'd love to put 2 doubles in my van car and then 1 in my tractor. And 1 extra for a booster battery. I have followed you for a very long time.

[@joebeezy9471]

How has this worked out for you?

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

How does the insight look old and futuristic at the same time?

[@tommyboi0]

Wouldn't this beat the hell out of the alternator? I mean because of the onboard electronics. Also when repairing the car a mechanic is going to need to use that OBD2 port typically with the engine off. How would this function under those conditions?

[@sethlover1211]

Hi, great video. Im looking to save weight and get longevity on my sequoia. how is it charged once in the car? any bms needed? can it power all the electronics plus add ons? what is the AH? what is needed to add a lithium battery to it if AH isn't good on its own? i will be installing a 250-370amp alternator due to all the added accessories; will that alternator pose an issue? how do i prevent over charging? can i still jump start the vehicle if they are drained, or do i have to charge it instead? thanks for your time.

[@j.ro.1991]

Ich habe dich vermisst, willkommen zurück.

[@otm646]

How long can it crank the motor over before going flat? I'm thinking about making one of these for a seldom used small Kubota diesel, in the cold it needs to crank for at least 10 seconds.

[@DonCarlione973]

900th "Like" This is a cool channel. I like all these projects 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BohdanTrotsenko]

Hi, and thank you for sharing your experiments. So... How does it work over the years?

[@sbene6439]

I’m curious as how this will work on a diesel that has to heat glow plugs first.

[@demandred1957]

Hmm. I don't see any links to parts on your web site.

[@SilverAlert1]

Can you give me some insight on a project I’d like to do? I’d like to replace the lead acid battery on my standby generator with a boost pack. The generator has a built in trickle charger so I think this would be a perfect solution.