COMPACITOR
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=3575
Printed Date: May 19, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Topic: COMPACITOR
Posted By: INTREPID
Subject: COMPACITOR
Date Posted: July 04, 2002 at 11:42 AM
i have a 1 fared comp. and i need to find out how to charge it!
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Posted By: Big Dog
Date Posted: July 04, 2002 at 12:18 PM
Hey INTREPID, When you use a new cap or connect and disconnect a cap it's a good idea to charge it through a 1K resistor or through a test light. I like to use a test light because it gives me a visual indication of the charge. Be careful as a discharged cap can spark at the terminal leaving a burn mark so don't connect to the terminal bolts but rather unscrew them and go straight into the threaded part.  ------------- Prepare your future. It wasn't the lack of stones that killed the stone age.
Posted By: INTREPID
Date Posted: July 04, 2002 at 12:20 PM
thanks big dog!
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Posted By: hot_shot_guy123
Date Posted: July 08, 2002 at 5:09 PM
A capacitor eh?
anyway, when you purchased the cap, there should have been a little resistor with it. Take 2 wires, any wires, even speaker wire will work. connect the resistor to one end of the positive wire and connect the cap to the battery through the resistor. Connect positive throught the resistor to positive and negative to negative. now before you actually do this, it is reccomended that you get a multimeter (voltmeter) and connect it to the cap, set it to Volts and watch the voltage of the cap. When the cap get to about 10-12 volts, remove the resistor and connect the positive wire directly to the cap. When the multimeter stops (prob about 14-15V ish, remove cap from the circuit. FROM NOW ON, DONT TOUCH ANYTHING TO THE CAP. Put the cap in the car now, install it where it needs to be, all the while being very careful not to accidently short the cap to a wrench, the frame, a screwdriver... connect the negative of the cap directly to the frame or body of the car as close to the cap as possible. Connect the positive cable from the battery throught the positive terminal of the cap (battery positive to cap positive, then cap positive directly to the divider block or amplifier. Last but most importantly, connect the cap to the battery. connect this wire last, make sure it's fused at both ends(between the cap and the battery, and between the amp and the battery). And from here on in, make sure that nobody shorts out that wire to anything. it's really not that hard, just give it a shot and be careful not to short anything. have fun
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Posted By: Garfunkel01
Date Posted: July 22, 2002 at 9:11 PM
hey there hot shot guy, thanks for repeating my CAP message to this guy i was just gonna retype something like what i said last time, but then i read yours and it seemed rather familiar! hehe anyway thanks for doing the hard work for me.  ------------- Owner/Installer
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