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I am connecting a 3V power supply (CR2032/CR2450 coin cell) to a 1.5F 5.5V rated supercap. Given that the supply voltage is lesser than rated voltage of supercap, chances of any damage become minimal. But my doubt is: whether this setup would increase the quiescent current drawn by supercap and hence decrease the battery capacity.

Theoretically, i suspect it shouldn't make any difference but in a test circuit I observed quiescent current was higher than what was provided in supercap datasheet (when battery and supercap had reached the same voltage).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What are your actual numbers? \$\endgroup\$
    – pipe
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 13:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ 6uA is what datasheet specifies as quiescent current, i am observing around 200uA, although there's a possibility which i am considering is that my current measurement instrument might be faulty. But speaking purely theoretically, should this happen? \$\endgroup\$
    – mosdkr
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 13:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ Link to data sheet please. \$\endgroup\$
    – Andy aka
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:00
  • \$\begingroup\$ Datasheet : mouser.in/datasheet/2/212/1/KEM_S6019_FE-1103433.pdf \$\endgroup\$
    – mosdkr
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:10
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    \$\begingroup\$ @mosdkr in that replacement data sheet it is a 6 volt part and not the 5.5 volt part originally in your question. So, what page does it say 6 uA? Please don't point me to other questions, when this is still active - where is the 6 uA stated? What page? \$\endgroup\$
    – Andy aka
    Commented May 24, 2020 at 10:55

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Make sure you've let the capacitor soak for the time mentioned on the datasheet or application data. For example, AVX specifies the leakage as 10uA after 72 hours.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ thanks a lot, this can be the issue, the values I quoted in the question are taken at around 1 hour. In that case can you confirm that afters 72 hours I should observe similar values as per the datasheet and "supply voltage<rated voltage" should not be an issue \$\endgroup\$
    – mosdkr
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:13
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yes, that is correct. \$\endgroup\$
    – Spehro 'speff' Pefhany
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ thank you very much \$\endgroup\$
    – mosdkr
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ However, given the datasheet you linked, the datasheet specification seems to be <2.3mA after 30 minutes. Where is the 6uA stated? \$\endgroup\$
    – Spehro 'speff' Pefhany
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 14:24
  • \$\begingroup\$ Hi Spehro can you please see if you can help me with this : electronics.stackexchange.com/q/501616/253198 \$\endgroup\$
    – mosdkr
    Commented May 24, 2020 at 9:46

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