07 Sep 97 22:53, Puleeeeze Brer Day Brown, Dooooon't trow Wiring Problem in 
dat der Briar Patch!
 DB>  On 09-03-97 Gene Cook wrote to Alexander Bilan...
 DB> does this 69 jag have a modern tape deck? better an qualizer amp?
 DB> hi watt amps have pretty big capacitors to buffer the load when
 DB> it has to pump the watts on a bass beat every second or so.
 DB>
 DB> If fed the wrong polarity from the wiring system, they will very
 DB> likely fry. if fed correctly, they will soak up considerable power
 DB> as they charge up in a second or two as electrons flow into, but
 DB> *not out of* a capacitor.
But it would require the battery to be hooked up at both terminals before it 
would draw current.  As far as I know, he's not done that yet. And, who knows 
how long the car has been sitting, so we don't know if that cap has a charge. 
 If it has we don't know how long ago it was.
Hooking up the ground lead first could explain a residual current flowing 
from a charged cap though.
... Some do, some don't, some will and some won't!
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