> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Opening up a power supply can kill you. NEVER do it. Opening up a > > monitor will kill you. Don't do it. > > > > But the capacitors in each can hold a charge for a few > minutes, and its > enough to do the dirty deed on you. > Capacitors are supposed to be designed to bleed off voltage > in less than 5 > minutes, but there are cases where they have held a charge
When I was in college, my roommate was "playing" with a new receiver he had bought when he accidentally discharged a capacitor with a screwdriver. I was in the other room when I heard him yell. I came in to find him surrounded by a peculiar cloud of smoke and a dazed look on his face. The discharge had melted the tip of the screwdriver. Fortunately, it didn't zap him more than surprise him. He was a lot more careful after that. - John H
