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01-28-2011, 01:32 PM

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madwarrior

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Lol if he doesn't answer does that mean we are responsible for his death? I would feel bad. although it's very simple to disconnect your capacitor from the positive I never had a problem and did it to mine like 50 times. But mine does have a remote wire to it maybe that makes the difference on why I don't get sparks? Lol

01-28-2011, 03:01 PM

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^ You only get a spark the first time, or if the cap is left sitting disconnected for a long time. Some caps even have built in soft charge to eliminate the spark.

01-28-2011, 10:46 PM

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Its all done, no shocks

01-30-2011, 04:25 PM

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JohnVroom

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jalat

guess what i did today... i put one hand on my positive batt terminal, and the other on my negative terminal.

now go to an outlet with a butter knife in each hand and stick each knife into a prong hole.

let me know if you survive to type this

sorry my post was not about an automotive DC circuit... much higher output and voltages and it always involved a metal tool as I read my post that was completely unclear.

Back to car audio, as I watched James "sparky' Toombs work on his car... he is always good for one or two arcs a show.. if anyone can get himself hurt doing car audio electrical...