tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1883247318456563930..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Will The Next Battery Breakthroughs Be Capacitors?SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6160155037132514382016-12-16T15:55:32.045-05:002016-12-16T15:55:32.045-05:00And maybe move residential up to 480v as well...
...And maybe move residential up to 480v as well...<br /><br />A substation for every home, and a home for every substation!<br />}:-]Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-18931172072354929592016-12-15T10:36:29.551-05:002016-12-15T10:36:29.551-05:00Serious point, really. The way the AC grid is set...Serious point, really. The way the AC grid is set up, they don't expect houses to require the amount of power they're rated for. As a result, you have houses rated to 25kW each, but they put three or four on a transformer rated 25kW. If we're really going to run all these cars and things on electric, they really need to replace a load of transformers along with adding a lot of generation. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-87115973418052146462016-12-15T10:33:48.177-05:002016-12-15T10:33:48.177-05:00Pretty much the same thing that happens when a fue...Pretty much the same thing that happens when a fuel tank full of gasoline ends up on the road. A tank full of electrons just doesn't spill the same way, but it's still a lot of energy. You've seen the pictures of electric cars on fire, right? <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82746238675320293152016-12-15T10:11:18.768-05:002016-12-15T10:11:18.768-05:00Maybe it's time to upgrade your residential se...Maybe it's time to upgrade your residential service to 400 amps.<br /><br />Just sayin'...<br />}:-]Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-77085032184138988332016-12-15T08:04:00.908-05:002016-12-15T08:04:00.908-05:00If I want to rapid charge the supercapacitors in m...If I want to rapid charge the supercapacitors in my electric car, would the charging cables be larger than the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge?<br />And if there are supercapacitors with enough storage to make electric cars, or trucks, or buses, or airplanes a reality, then what happens when all the energy is released in a very short period of time, like during a catastrophic highway accident?<br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.com