i just got a capacitor from a friend it when charge and still working when i got it, now do i still have to recharge it or do i just hook it up?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2dragster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just got a capacitor from a friend it when charge and still working when i got it, now do i still have to recharge it or do i just hook it up?
</TD></TR></TABLE> Yes you will have to charge it , unlike a batt. tha cap will no hold a charge very long. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Yes you will have to charge it , unlike a batt. tha cap will no hold a charge very long. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually if you dont short the leads it should hold its charge for a very lomg time.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Actually if you dont short the leads it should hold its charge for a very lomg time.</TD></TR></TABLE>OK.... I should have said relative to a batt., the point is you should not assume that it has a charge, trying to charge a charged cap can't hurt, but just hooking up an uncharged cap can damage it. 94

 

ok, thanks for the replies , i guess it wont hurt to recharge it .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OK.... I should have said relative to a batt., the point is you should not assume that it has a charge, trying to charge a charged cap can't hurt, but just hooking up an uncharged cap can damage it. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

To clarify, the only damage you will do to an uncharge cap by charging without a resistor is the arcing may damage the gold plated finish.

It will not harm the cap functionaly in any way.

 

Do caps actually help? I've heard they don't do anything at all, and I've heard they can make the headlights dimmming go away. Because my KX600.1 makes my lights dim.

 

Will you hear the difference? That depends on a lot of different things, for the most part I would say most people wouldn't.

Your electrical system and alternator will thank you and you get the added benifit of not having strobe lights.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To clarify, the only damage you will do to an uncharge cap by charging without a resistor is the arcing may damage the gold plated finish.

It will not harm the cap functionaly in any way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so if i dont charge it and just hook it up directly, it wont damge just alot of spark?

 

It wont damage it electrically but the arcing could cause damage to the contact. If you don't care about cosmetics then its no big deal.

The other plus of using that resistor is if you hook it up backwards its a little safer. Electrolytic capacitors blow up when hooked up backwards.

 

man, i remember some of those little (.1 uf) capacitors blowing up in highschool electronics class and they made a decent bang. I could only imagine a 1 farad cap blowing Might be fun to watch though...

 

thanks for the advice guys,
i just hook it up regular didnt charge it or nothing, the spark wasnt to bad nothing big. i think i got lucky, i was ready though if it did spark

 

how do you charge one...n00b question i know but ive herd alot of diff things