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Uploaded by on Jul 24, 2006

What happens if you misuse a capacitor

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  • I did something similar last year, although the conditions were different in two way. Firstly, the explosiong was completely unexpected. Secondly, my face was right above the cap..

  • Did the same thing by accident with a 10 volt 47uF capacitor across just only a 12 volt battery.

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  • cool we just did that in Physics!

  • @erroria lol yeah. it happened to me with a 2200mF that had the wrong voltage printed. It's value was marked as 25V but it exploded at 18V just 3 inches away from my face.

  • thts nothing i let once an 4000uF cap explode that was like a bomb.. thank god it was under a hood :D

  • lol same thing happened to me and it scared the crap outta me and i think i felt a trinkle down my leg! lol at only a 14v ryobi drill battery!

  • Nuts, it so looked like it was going to take off like a rocket!

  • thats a thumbs up from me

  • put it in your butt

  • I did the same thing but with 120. it scared the crap out of me becuase my face was right beside... safety goggles always

  • It smells bad, too.

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