Discharging Capacitors

I already exploded a capacitor :)

Now it's time to discharge them...
In this video I am discharging fast (by short circuit them) two high voltage (400V) capacitors.
Each capacitor is charged at 230Volts

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• discharge
• discharging
• explode
• exploding
• electrolytic
• capacitor
• capacitors
• high
• voltage
• flash
• soert
• circuit

[Carterofmars]

Does this damage the cap?

[arximidisxeno]

@Carterofmars In most cases, no

[sodomyandlust91]

so if i remove them from the circuit board i wont get shocked, unless i touch the terminals only right???

[arximidisxeno]

@sodomyandlust91 yes

[chsxtian]

@arximidisxeno @Carterofmars in capacitors with a higher capacity it will damage the leads a bit. I did it a couple of times with one quite big capacitor, there were holes in the leads after a while. It's also wise to use eye protection, since sparks could fly in all directions.

[dubyamoney]

a long time ago I used charge a 3 or 4uf cap and throw to my work mate asking him to put it away!!!!

[billsmith658]

@nathan5647 then you die.

[nathan5647]

what if the screw driver hande is made of metal/??