Posted September 15, 201014 yr Okay guys.... Your assistance is needed once again... I had my equipment installed by a buddy and since I had planned at the time to run my Kenwood amp at 1 ohm with a 15" Kicker L7 my buddy dropped in a RF 1 farad capacitor while we hooked this all up... I already know this negatives here and so I would like to remove this while I do my amplifier swap hopefullly this weekend.... Here is the big $100k question:How do I discharge the capacitor? I will disconnect the power from the battery and then remove the capacitor fully as I understand it... But I don't want this light bomb sitting in my apartment with energy being stored... only found this link .... Should I just do this with say a household light bulb? I have some 60watt bulbs sitting around the crib maybe a 100watt somewhere...Quick reply means I will hug you... Do you guys take payments in hugs? lol
September 15, 201014 yr Just disconect it and find some scrap wire and put it one conection and tap the other conection and watch the sparks fly
September 15, 201014 yr find a screwdriver you don't like much anymore, touch the leads, have a bit of fun with it.
September 15, 201014 yr Author http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA25ghMAyakfunny I watched that one as well.... okay guys... guess Imma electrocute myself.... lol
September 15, 201014 yr I doesn't hurt anything, I personally wouldn't bother taking it out if you already installed it.Why do you need to discharge it anyway? Just leave it as is if you remove it and doen't let anything metal touch the terminals. It won't shock you.
September 15, 201014 yr Author I have a curious dog. And I sometimes find things from the top shelf in the closets on the floor... Usually harmless stuff... I probably should just sell this crapacitor to someone who thinks they need it....
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