Palindr˜»me wrote:
CJT wrote:

vortex2 wrote:

fail too. I would probably just short it out with a screwdriver,
although that can in theory damage the capacitor. Leave it for
at least 5 minutes since last powered up, and then short out,
and you'll be fine. Making up a proper resistive discharger for
this one occasion just isn't worth it.

--
Andrew Gabriel




I was in the local Maplin shop the other day and saw that you can
purchase 1 farad (huge) capacitors for power supply smoothing chav's
in car audio systems.

Must be interesting when you accidently short one of these!

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/1-fa...QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1


David




Does anybody worry about the inrush current to these, and what that does
to one's alternator?

No.

Car wiring is radial from the battery to alternator and from the battery
to load. The impedance of the battery is much lower than that of the
alternator radial circuit - thus transient currents will be met almost
entirely by the battery.

You may like to think what effect the starter motor has on the alternator.



While this is true, don't forget that the starter motor will never be
operating under load while the alternator is producing any current
unless you're jump starting another car.