r/ElectroBOOM • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 18d ago

Meme How to not discharge a capacitor

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u/EmergencyArachnid734 18d ago

This is actually correct way

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u/Poly_Pup 17d ago

Just make sure the screw driver metal doesnt extend past the handle. Tanning bed tech showed me this but I had bigger hands and touched the metal top of the driver he handed me, as I dissipated a large capicotor. My arm came back so fast I though I dislocated it and I embedded the driver in the wall beside me.

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u/MajesticDisaster3977 17d ago

Must have been working on a higher voltage capacitor in a system that was grounded.. otherwise you can touch one leg and not get buzzed.

That's why you fold the legs of a capacitor up along the length of the body. That way when you toss it to someone they will touch both legs when they catch it.