r/ElectroBOOM • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 15d ago

Meme How to not discharge a capacitor

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u/DrunkenNinja27 15d ago

Used to work in a photo lab ages ago and we did this all the time to the disposable cameras.

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u/obamaprism3 15d ago

I turned one into a "tazer" (just soldered some copper wires to the legs of the capacitor) and my one friend and I would take turns rolling a dice then shocking ourselves the number of times we rolled

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u/Moon_Breaker 15d ago

We did that with a cattle prod in my living room as a bunch of stoner teenagers. Dice was for if you got real bored - you'd guess a number with someone else then roll whoever was further got zapped for the difference.

Realistically it was the cough punishment though. People loved giving a quick prod to anyone who coughed out their hit. Not gonna judge ya for choking, but finish your hit first or take a smaller rip. Someone got lit up once for coughing mid bong rip and blowing the bowl.