# Building a new system...have some questions

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394 "2009-01-15T17:47:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-system-have-some-questions/241394/84 "2009-01-24T05:59:14Z")

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> [@awww kittah..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awww-kittah/12220/54):
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> i think a cap is a storage facility for power so it can go either way it wants

you’re half right… if there is a designated output terminal the cap should ONLY discharge in that direction.

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