Capacitor Explosion #2

Electrolytic capacitors hooked up incorrectly above their rated voltage. Be safe if repeating, fumes toxic and explosion almost guaranteed!

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• School
• Electronics
• Capacitor
• Explosion
• Fumes
• Toxic
• Science
• Wires
• Electrolytic
• Power

[crazytalk11]

Good way to get around laws regarding firecrackers! Yep, do a 3000uF!

[triggerhappy77707]

let try it with my 58000 uf capacitor!(not!!!)

[dickcheney6]

Holy cow, that little capacitor did that? God, what would happen if my TV had a short in it, it would be like a nuclear bomb going off!

[TheEPROM9]

It's a good and fun way to destroy caps that are of no use although the caps we did just popped or fizzed as the voltage was not high enough.

[achemachew]

I did this for the first time when I was 17. I used model train transformer to blow them up. that was ten years ago. It's fun!

[btown2011]

what is the biggest cap explosion i could get? could i try one at 110 ac?

[laurdy]

how about doing a 70F capacitor!

[riotpack]

I find the bigger ones just fizzle :( I was so confident of the fact that I taped it to my sack - bad move Jim, ever see an egg break? it was a mess, my doctor says it will take time and rest, my wife left me and my son kicks my as son a daily basis for being such a faggaycunt :(

[tehsalt]

hmmm smelly cap

[8bitfan]

Every electrolytic went boom if you overvolt it enough and connect it backwards ;)

Even.. I had more fun with connecting 4,5/9V cells directly to 320VDC (230VAC and bridge diodes 25A/400V) dangerous but very very funny :D

[grenouil1970]

???????

[weirdlookindude]

So you hooked them up backwards and overvolted them? Sweet.... may I ask what the ratings on the capacitor were and what you fed it? I have some crap capacitors that would be fun to mess with...