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ed
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7th Apr 05 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hopw do you check if a Power Cap has been discharged? (My cap hasn't been connected to a charged battery for months, I think it's been like 5 months)
How do you discharge a Power Cap if it is still charged?
And finally, how do you re-charge a Power Cap once you have finished working on the wiring e.t.c...?

Thanks for your help
loo_goblin
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7th Apr 05 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh put sumthin acros the two legs like a screw driver that will discharge it instantly.

it will recharge once re connected.
ed
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7th Apr 05 at 11:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Short it out....
loo_goblin
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yeah, thats wot i was tought to do in electronics this year.
Siberia
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7th Apr 05 at 11:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
contact the 2 pins with your hand
neiliosxi
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7th Apr 05 at 11:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
use your tongue! get a video cam set up first.

connect the earth and it will discharge matey.
Jambo
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7th Apr 05 at 11:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ed go and take pix of the install and MMS me them with a price

This may help
Mattb
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7th Apr 05 at 11:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
drop it in a puddle of water


i would say discharge it through a resistor ot light bulb, dont short out a 1 farad capacitor, it may explode
loo_goblin
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u managedto install urs already?

mine is still sitting on my couch in bedroom.

got MOT today so cant be bothered to start cutting bits of MDF
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connect the plus to the minus and visa versa , on a 100 micro farad cap its kool, on a 1 farrad cap the explosion would be ace
Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
drop it in a puddle of water


i would say discharge it through a resistor ot light bulb, dont short out a 1 farad capacitor, it may explode


oh.. fark.. that is a big one he got there ... some sort of load would be a good idea DEFFO no a direct short
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7th Apr 05 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's totally dead anyway... Discharged itself cos it was in Snowy on Steve's driveway for about a year...
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lol

wat u got going in?
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loo_goblin
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oh snowy's old install
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