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<blockquote data-quote="BerniniCaCO3" data-source="post: 7477423" data-attributes="member: 636434">I thought that the resistance of a capacitor went up as it approached equilibrium with the line voltage.It seemed really to stall at 10.2 volts.I thought the resistor was only to slow the charging of the capacitor on the low end, when the&nbsp; capacitor was still at just 0V, and after that the capacitor would have its own resistance to not charge too traumatically.After all, when I go to hardwire this into the car, it&#039;s not supposed to have that resistor in there anyway!Or did I really need to let it sit for --how long, to give me an idea?-- with the resistor and truly reach battery voltage before I connect it into the circuit directly w/o a resistor?At this point, did connecting it directly to the battery while it was still at 10.2 volts, burn/melt/damage some of the internal dielectric fluid and delicate foil, and is it ruined?Or should I try again with more patience and hope it reaches 12.5 volts after, again, how much time should it take? With the resistor in place?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BerniniCaCO3, post: 7477423, member: 636434"] I thought that the resistance of a capacitor went up as it approached equilibrium with the line voltage. It seemed really to stall at 10.2 volts. I thought the resistor was only to slow the charging of the capacitor on the low end, when the capacitor was still at just 0V, and after that the capacitor would have its own resistance to not charge too traumatically. After all, when I go to hardwire this into the car, it's not supposed to have that resistor in there anyway! Or did I really need to let it sit for --how long, to give me an idea?-- with the resistor and truly reach battery voltage before I connect it into the circuit directly w/o a resistor? At this point, did connecting it directly to the battery while it was still at 10.2 volts, burn/melt/damage some of the internal dielectric fluid and delicate foil, and is it ruined? Or should I try again with more patience and hope it reaches 12.5 volts after, again, how much time should it take? With the resistor in place? [/QUOTE]

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