Hi I found the government reference. It is at: http://www.multi-volti.com/hb1131.pdf They mention using a lamp as a current limiter but as I stated earlier, lamps have changes in resistance with temperature. Unless the lamp is used in the intended voltage range, one can not depend on the resistance being close. They recommend reforming when stored for more than 3 years. They state that if the capacitor does not reform in 3 hours, it is considered bad. The values they show are for larger filter capacitors ( my guess as this is an old document ). They show 5 ma for axial and 10 ma for screw threaded radials. It should also be noted that they are not trying to save every capacitor, just put capacitors into condition for use. If one shorts, so be it. If you are trying to save capacitors, you might want to be a little more friendly to it. Dwight