So I'm "going in" for round 2 of sound deadening (this episode: floors and roofliner) and need to take out my system.

Problem is, I was a wuss and had the amps/cap installed for me instead of doing it myself. So i have no idea if unhooking the capacitor from the amps is dangerous...

Obviously, disconnecting the bat is the first step...then what? do i have to drain the capacitor?

 

Yes the cap needs to be drained, it can be done without but depending on the amount of joules, it can cause a nasty shock.

 

You know how you test 9volt batteries by putting it on your tongue ?

You DONT want to do that with the Cap.

 

what would happen, other than loss of bodily functions.

 

Well it depends on home many joules the cap is,it won't be enought to kill you but i dont want to try it out. The more joules=more stored power= more pain.

 

lol I have a batcap800 to tend with 2. If i did that between my cap and that battery I think I could get fried.

 

any tips on how to drain/recharge one? obviously i'll google it, but i always prefer a fellow yotatecher's opinion....

 

I have two Monster 1.0 caps, bought one new other used. Their was a little circuit board that came with the new one for powering up and draning it. If i had two I will send you one. Ill check when I get home to see if I might have two.
Eric

 

wow. thanks! just let me know...

 

Couldn't you just hook up a regular 12V auto light bulb to it? You'd get a "visual for when it was fully discharged.

They can be dangerous, the one I have was from the military, only .8 farad, but free. The first time I just hooked it up in parallel with the amp power, and when I plugged the fuse in, it blew a 35 amp right in my fingers. So, I now use a couple 4 ohm sand-filled resistors in series to charge it up before the fuse, and it has worked fine.