I bought one of those lighting caps but my question is how do u charge it before u put it in. the instructios say use a resistor but mine never came with one. any help???

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You could use a light bulb (wire it in series with the capacitor). It will act like a resistor, and when it stops glowing you know it's done.

- Mike

 

can i run it from the battery with a light? ok and when it goes out it is done?
thanx alot

 

do i have to put a negative on the light bulb or i only connect the positve part?

 

ground it to i imagine...

 

I guess you could charge it off a battery, but to prevent draining the battery (unless the car is running) I would use a 12V power supply, such as a trickle charger. Just hook the + on the capacitor up to the + on the battery, - to -, and put the light bulb in there somewhere, in series with the capacitor...it really doesn't matter where though. So a wire goes from the battery to the light, another from the light to the capacitor, and another from the capacitor back to the battery. And once you get it charged up, make sure not to short it out...you'll get lots of fireworks.

- Mike

 

just hook it up it will only spark a bit no harm done

keep in mind the last thing you hook uo will pit from the spark so use a cheap wire on a part that wont matter

 

One guy said he used a 12v test light to charge his caps.

 

also be prepared for some noise...i allmost crapped myself when i hit the connector on mine. mine made a loud boom

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