Not sure if capacitor has a charge

 

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Username: Tantrum31

Post Number: 7
Registered: Jan-07
I just took a capacitor off of a box that has been sitting in my basement for about a year or so. I'm not quite sure if i need to charge it, or discharge it, or how to do either of those.
 

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Username: Bestmankind

Fi Audio BTL

Post Number: 8599
Registered: Oct-05
check it with a dmm.
 

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Username: Skibum12189

Post Number: 27
Registered: Mar-06
whats a dmm, i bought mine from a kid who charged it. im jw
 

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Username: Jaackdeth

United States

Post Number: 750
Registered: Sep-04
Digital Multimeter
 

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Username: Van_man

Boston South, MA

Post Number: 1662
Registered: Mar-06
If it sat for a year its de-energized. Put a screw driver across both terminals to be sure. If it dont spark, its empty. Charging it involves a bulb.
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