How to charge 1F capacitor?

[IllusionX]

actually, a cap will never get a full charge.. it will TEND to a full charge, but it will never be fully charged.. or fully discharged..

[battleversiontc]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

actually, a cap will never get a full charge.. it will TEND to a full charge, but it will never be fully charged.. or fully discharged..

ok and the point is? you still need an intial charge on it so it dont matter if it doesnt fully charge or not. but in actually it does fully discharge i have put a multimeter to it to see if it has and it does and it also fully charges to so whats the point again

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by battleversiontc

ok and the point is? you still need an intial charge on it so it dont matter if it doesnt fully charge or not. but in actually it does fully discharge i have put a multimeter to it to see if it has and it does and it also fully charges to so whats the point again

I think he's arguing the semantics of a power source will only discharge to the point of where the voltage is at.... SO... realistically a cap won't fully discharge.

I'm not sure if this is true with caps... I know it is for batteries, and it would make sense for caps to be the same as well.

I don't see why one couldn't be fully charged however.

A cap can fully discharge I think.... they lose power, caps suck at storing power, they are actually a drain on your electrical system. So.. unhook a cap and leave it for a week, and it'll naturally have lost its charge if not connected to a power source.