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BrianG · 12.30.2008, 06:54 PM

The caps are hooked directly to the power leads. It has been confirmed that even with the power switch off, there is still current flow that can deep discharge your batteries. If it can discharge batteries over several hours, it can certainly discharge the caps over a few minutes. I guess there could be some residual charge on the caps. Maybe that once the cap voltage gets below a certain value (~5v), the current drain is minute. Then, that would mean there is SOME voltage on them and then won't spark as bad next time...

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	12.30.2008, 06:54 PM The caps are hooked directly to the power leads. It has been confirmed that even with the power switch off, there is still current flow that can deep discharge your batteries. If it can discharge batteries over several hours, it can certainly discharge the caps over a few minutes. I guess there could be some residual charge on the caps. Maybe that once the cap voltage gets below a certain value (~5v), the current drain is minute. Then, that would mean there is SOME voltage on them and then won't spark as bad next time...