you should have a rsistor parallel to your capacitor and this resistor is usually called the bleeder resistor since the stored energy is being discharge to the resistor this in turn prevents voltage spike during start-up.
The larger value of resistor, the slower the capacitor discharged and vice versa, but with too small value of resistor, the capacitor discharges so fast causes explosion sound (it doesn't mean something bad with capacitor), the proper value is about 100Ohm
The larger value of resistor, the slower the capacitor discharged and vice versa, but with too small value of resistor, the capacitor discharges so fast causes explosion sound (it doesn't mean something bad with capacitor), the proper value is about 100Ohm
While most of this is true... the 'right' resistor depends on the capacitor and its charge voltage. Tho, 100 Ohm may be a good 'rule of thumb' - and it may not matter of you destroy the bleed resistor after a few uses. BUT!!! That last use that killed the resistor - *could* kill you too... ??
The 'safe' thing to do is to calculate one for your situation. The calculation will need to know how fast of discharge is needed (in addition to the capacitors specs). Some can wait an hour, some may need in < 1 second... ??