Discharging a cap

[jlaine 10+ year member]

Originally posted by 80_Cutlass_mn Umm...ouch!! Im guessin since you said this then you have either tried this or know someone who has am I right? And if so what happened lol

Of course I wouldn't do that... I have an interest in keeping my teeth inside my mouth in all honesty... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[80_Cutlass_mn 10+ year member]

Originally posted by jlaine Of course I wouldn't do that... I have an interest in keeping my teeth inside my mouth in all honesty... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

lol oh ok You have a good reason.

 

[avistar23 10+ year member]

i think the teeth would be the least of your worries //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Killa sin 10+ year member]

my cap got discharged and i lost the resistor, how can i recharge it?

 

[d audio 450 10+ year member]

just charge it up by connecting it in parallel to a battery (pos to pos and neg to neg) BUT DONT MIX THIS UP. some capacitors have the tendency to literally explode when their polarity is wrong...i have had a very small capacitor like the size of your thumbnail explode and it left a cloud of yellow smoke (what was left of the dielectric) in my face.- on the other hand- some caps simply hiss, or make no noise at all when you mix em up sometimes it just burns a tiny little hole in the dielectric (chemical stuff inside cap) and thats it...no visual stimulus lol. Although the voltage on a car is only around 12v, the batt is capable of moving alot of current- so that means the power is still there- and its quite possible to get fugged up.

-pat