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Trying to follow this whole debate but its too late to think but I figure I might toss a couple things in.

1.Isn't it true that the discharge rate of a cap would have an effect on how long the cap holds a charge?

2.The discharge rate of a cap is theoryectically inversely proportional to the resistance. Or is the changes in resistance so small that they don't don't really matter and a cap appears to discharge almost instantaniously?

Feel free to correct me or add to it cause i'm pretty much just starting my electrical engineering degree and i'm trying to apply some of the things from my classes to cars. I understand how things go together and why, I'm trying to learn the actual math and science behind it.