> My only electronics tale of woe (not mine) comes from a GCSE class (14-16 > year olds) where we were building a full recification circuit to convert an > AC main supply to a DC supply that could be used with a simple circuit. > > Except we were using capacitors, beeeeg capacitors, and anyone who has done > some electronics knows what happens when you connect a big capacitor the > wrong way around.... > > > *KAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!* > > It was excellent to watch! There was a yellow coloured mini-mushroom cloud > that spewed out of the breadboard and dispersed into the air. We had to > evacuate the room until the fumes had sufficiently cleared and there was > this huge yellow stain on the wall against which my classmate had been > working. > > Needless to say, he was mercilessly taunted for the remainder of the course, > and the AS Electronics course that most of us took from 16-18. :) > > Lal > GSV Don't mess with capacitors
About once a month we would get a big DC one and charge it up. You place the leads just right, toss it to some unsuspecting person and watch them piss themselves afer getting shocked. Kevin T. Not a nice thing to do
