What is an Advanced Capacitor?
Hey everyone! I want to start answering a couple of questions regarding our new Light for Life Flashlight. Here is on of our first questions and a good start to the blog.
Question 1: What is an Advanced Capacitor?
Advanced capacitors have been around since 1957 when they were discovered by General Electric somewhat by accident. The first commercial use was in 1978 when the NEC used the technology to provide backup power for computer memory. The challenge isn’t building the advanced capacitors, the challenge is to harness the energy produced by the advanced capacitors.
Today, the most common use of a capacitor is in your compact camera. The capacitor has the ability to quickly load energy, and then quickly unload it. The technology is gaining attention as the globe looks harder and harder at renewable energy systems, and traditional batteries, although they have made great strides, still have significant issues with heat, weight, and their effect on the environment.
My question would be this: With the ultracapacitor technology, Are you able to leave the flashlight on the charger when not in use?? Would this cause any problems in longivity of the ultracapacitors charging capabilites?
EARNEST on October 21st, 2008