Practical super-capacitor array enclosure (1x6, 16.2v)

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This Is A Simple, And Hastily Drawn, Enclosure For One Of My Many Super-Capacitor Arrays, Specifically Six 500F In Series With Management Board, Totaling ~83F. The Pictured Unit Will Be Going On The 12 Volt Side Of My Printer To Alleviate Print Failures Caused By Brownouts. Please Note, I Am Not Driving A Heated Bed With This. Since My Printer Uses A 10Kg+ Aluminum Plate For A Bed, I Am Using 800W Of Heating Elements On Ac Via Mosfet Control. While A Supercap Array Can Drive Those Heaters, It Would Not Last Very Long Before The Printer Crashes. Supporting The Hotend And Steppers Would Be Suitable. I Will Be Limiting My Output Current To Around 4.8 Amperes, With A 7.5 Ampere Blade Fuse, Utilizing Swg 16 Stranded Wire. Without Current Limitation, You'D Basically Be Exposing Your Power Supply To A Dead Short, Practically Speaking, Until The Unit Starts Gaining Stored Current. Without Fusing, You Risk A Very Rapid Discharge, Which Will Vaporize Heavy Wire, Throw Small Bits Of Molten Metal, And Generally Bad, Bad Things. Please Do Not Mess With Electrolytic Dual Layer Capacitors Unless You Know What You Are Doing, And Please See My Write Up On My Spot Welder Design On This Issue. It Is Imperative That Your Unit Be Both Properly Fused And Current Limited, Or You Risk Property Loss, Injury, Or Death. Proceed At Your Own Risk.

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