Charging time for capacitors

[Hombré]

@jokiin............ Gidday fella and from what you describe above, what would/could be the expected life span of your capacitors ?

 

[jokiin]

No idea, other components would probably wear out before the caps would, they don't do a lot of work in the scheme of things

 

[Zardoz66]

caps almost charge up to full instantly, but it can also depend on the supporting circuitry and use case. in this case, I bet it's less than 5 secs. and total run time is around 20 secs. it only needs a few secs to shut down.

 

[Zardoz66]

@jokiin............ Gidday fella and from what you describe above, what would/could be the expected life span of your capacitors ?

caps can last a long time, but they are known to fail and sometimes one of the first things to fail in circuits (but a lot of that is depending on the quality of the cap used.)

 

[Dashmellow]

According to Battery University:

"The supercapacitor can be charged and discharged a virtually unlimited number of times. Unlike the electrochemical battery, which has a defined cycle life, there is little wear and tear by cycling a supercapacitor. Age is also kinder to the supercapacitor than a battery. Under normal conditions, a supercapacitor fades from the original 100 percent capacity to 80 percent in 10 years. Applying higher voltages than specified shortens the life."