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Old 10-17-2013, 07:42 AM   #34 (permalink)
cptsideways
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
Q = C·E

What voltage (E) are they dumping into that capacitor (C), 12-15VDC or something higher?
It was mentioned in our training they dump high voltage direct from the alternator (definitely not 12V) its in the hundreds of V's I think & there is warning label near the capacitor regards the high voltage too.
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