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I know the article's already made this point, but it bears repeating: Large capacitors can be bastard dangerous things. They can even be lethal. Many capacitor related-injuries, however, come not from the electricity itself but from the violent contraction of the victim's muscles- dislocated shoulders, broken bones, concussion from being hurled across the room... still sound like fun?
When I first started on my foundation year, one of the techs stood up in front of the class with a capacitor of the kind found inside a TV, fuly charged. Wearing gloves he proceeded to short out the terminals with a screwdriver. There was an audible CRACK, and he showed us how the screwdriver was now welded to the top of the capacitor- the intense heat created by the charge in the capacitor had been enough to melt metal.
Play safe, and don't be the screwdriver. |
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