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I just bought my tsunami cap, but it did not come with a resistor. What size/ohm resistor should I use to charge it?

 
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I think its usually about a 1k resistor

 
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just unhook your fuse up front, wire everything up and reinstall your fuse. there will be a spark and now your cap is charged. or you can use be between a 60-100 ohm resistor or it will take forever.

 
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If I were you, I'd goto REadio SHack, buy 1 pack (i thknk you get 5 R's per pack) of 600 Ohms, and twist all the ends together, this way you get a fast charge/discharge and you wont exceed the power ratings of those 1/10th W resistors.

 
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or you could use a test light to complete the circuit, once the light goes out, your cap is ready to go

 
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thats another good way...the bulb acts as the resistor.

 
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Guys, I'm bringing this post back from the dead because I really, really need to find out what ohm resistor i need to discharge my 1 farad cap.

A pic of the resistor would do fine too.. i can id it by the color scheme..

thanks..

 
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I think you should just use a light, that'd be the easiest way. Just connect it in series and hook it up to the battery. It'll go out when it's fully charged.

If you really want a resistor.. they already answered your question above.

 
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I dont want to "charge" the cap. I need to "discharge" it.

And I ask because I am getting mixed opinions on the proper ohm resistor.

One person said a 1k resistor
another one said 60 - 100 ohm
and the last one said 600 ohm..

that a pretty large range and I dont want to damage the cap.

thanks

 
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if you unhook it from a power source, it will discharge itself. or you could just short the terminals with a test light

 
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if its a 1 farad, 16v cap, then u can use a 1k ohm resistor,

 
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like they sai above, to discharge it just connect a bulb between the two poles till it goes out.

if you just unhook it, it shouldn't discharge