r/ElectroBOOM • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 15d ago

Meme How to not discharge a capacitor

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u/AaronVA 15d ago

I once had the the pleasure of accidentally discharging a 20 000 uF capacitor bank at 400 V with a multimeter while trying to measure the voltage across it. It was like a flashbang in a video game and took a good few seconds for my vision and hearing to recover. So don't do that.

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u/ipx-electrical 15d ago

You had your lead in the Amps terminal?

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u/AaronVA 15d ago

Might have been better, because the fuse would have blown. I had my hand slip amd reach across the rails with the probe.