I'll start the UC tests in about 10 minutes. Although technically I know the UC is safe, but when I see it, I see a bomb! I tested one of my thickest clip leads, although it's also the longest at 3 feet, and it was 60mOhms. Most of that is probably contact resistance. If the UC is 300mV, then the current will be 5 amps. Even if that 5 amps micro welds the metal, and the total resistance is ~~ 20mOhm, the resistance is only 15 amps. Of course the wire will quickly heat up, resistance goes up, and current goes down. 15 amps wouldn't do anything do this UC.

Paul

Bill:

For what it's worth, I distinctly remember several times when Mylow came up with a new clip and you flipped, only to retract your statement when more data came in from other sources.

And you should stop your personal abuse of me, I am confident that Stefan will step in.

MileHigh

Boiling water in a 3kw kettle using ultracaps:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RWaCE_SW8w&feature=related

This is great as it took only about 20 seconds to do this.


Bill

At 4 minutes into the test the UC was 454 farads.

At 9 minutes it said it's taken 0.1640 joules to charge the UC to 25.6mV. I did not time it to get the updated farads.

I'll periodically post the time stamp, total energy, and UC voltage.

Paul

Quote from: PaulLowrance on December 06, 2009, 03:21:29 PM
At 4 minutes into the test the UC was 454 farads.

At 9 minutes it said it's taken 0.1640 joules to charge the UC to 25.6mV. I did not time it to get the updated farads.

I'll periodically post the time stamp, total energy, and UC voltage.

Paul

Excellent Paul.  I am glad you are carrying on with your testing here.  No matter what the outcome, this is still exciting.  I appreciate your taking the time and effort to do this, and I know many others do as well.

Bill