Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Even though the power supply may be disconnected > from the mains this capacitor will probably have sufficient charge to give > an errant finger the most stimulating surprise of its little life. Take > care!
Yes you're exactly right. I had rather a nasty shock last year when I ended up closing the circuit across nearly 20,000uF still charged to somewhere around 400VDC. One end on each hand (how this happened is a long & technical story and was entirely my own stupid fault). No harm done, but its the kind of thing that makes you sit up & think. Keep the lid on the PSU and there's nothing to worry about. Just don't stick screwdrivers into the holes (or the screws, for that matter). Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
