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Hey guys. As a general electronics geek I, like most electronics geeks, like to occasionally play with very high voltage or high current electrical devices, often for no other reason than to do something dangerously stupid for entertainment.
Having grown bored with my 9000 volt neon sign transformer, I went onto ebay and purchased myself (for an excellent deal, mind you) a pair of 160,000 uf electrolytic capacitors. I keep them shorted out at all times in the interest of safety.
And while they aren't high voltage caps, they can dump a hundred amps into something in no time flat. And dump those amps I did.
I realize that shorting capacitors with screwdrivers is a bad idea as it is, nevermind almost a fifth of a farad while wearing a T-shirt. But it sure does make a satisfying snap and blow white-hot bits in such a pretty way. Like fireworks!
...come to think of it ... does eBay sell fireworks?
Having grown bored with my 9000 volt neon sign transformer, I went onto ebay and purchased myself (for an excellent deal, mind you) a pair of 160,000 uf electrolytic capacitors. I keep them shorted out at all times in the interest of safety.
And while they aren't high voltage caps, they can dump a hundred amps into something in no time flat. And dump those amps I did.
I realize that shorting capacitors with screwdrivers is a bad idea as it is, nevermind almost a fifth of a farad while wearing a T-shirt. But it sure does make a satisfying snap and blow white-hot bits in such a pretty way. Like fireworks!
...come to think of it ... does eBay sell fireworks?
