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De-engergizing a Capacitor


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donnie5336 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 10:42 AM / IP Logged  
I am taking my system out of my car and I lost the resistor that came with my cap.  How can I safely discharge it without one.  If i disconnect my battery , can I see if the radio will still come on (being powered by the cap)  and leave it turned down very low and let it drain my cap that way? or what??
Donnie
xetmes 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 11:00 AM / IP Logged  
just leave a light (like the domelight) on and disconnect the battery
donnie5336 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 12:12 PM / IP Logged  
I dont have my voltmeter here and i know energized caps are dangerous so i wanna make sure.  if i disconnect the + of my battery and open my doors, the domelight slowly goes out.  I have a digital display on my cap but it only comes on when the HU cuts on.  When the lights slowly dim like that when i disconnect the battery, can i assume that teh cap has discharged?
Donnie
donnie5336 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 12:41 PM / IP Logged  
anybody???
Donnie
xetmes 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 12:54 PM / IP Logged  
yea its discharged, leave it sit for a few min after the light goes out if you are really paranoid De-engergizing a Capacitor -- posted image.
donnie5336 
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Posted: August 10, 2004 at 12:59 PM / IP Logged  
thanx  De-engergizing a Capacitor -- posted image.
Donnie
flynntech 
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Posted: August 11, 2004 at 12:41 AM / IP Logged  

stick a screw driver between the terminals.....

NO, just kidding!!!

My boss told me to test batteries like this when I worked a junkyard! This guy was an idiot, he was a typical kneck. He scratched his head at the site of my multimeter, yet thought nothing of arc welding the mechanic's $60 snap-on screwdriver to some old battery lying in the dirt!  ...So glad I can look back and laugh at these things.

flynntech 
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Posted: August 11, 2004 at 12:43 AM / IP Logged  

If your dome lights are out and your battery is disconnected, what would the voltmeter read?

.........ahhhh!

donnie5336 
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Posted: August 11, 2004 at 11:46 AM / IP Logged  

haha lol  thanx .  I got it.  I was pretty sure that would work but i was doing something at my fuse block once and forgot about the cap.. i was thinking only one side of the block was hot with my fuse out... ouch.

Donnie
delphidoc 
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Posted: August 11, 2004 at 11:39 PM / IP Logged  

Here's three links on capacitor discharging. The sites are related to appliances, but it applies to all capacitors:

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/safety.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_16749_discharge-capacitor.html

This next one is the best: http://fixitnow.com/2003/06/mailbag-discharging-and-testing.htm

because Samurai Appliance Repair Man has his own forum with entertaining stuff like this:

http://www.fixitnow.com/forumfools.htm

Enjoy.  De-engergizing a Capacitor -- posted image.

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