The way I heard it there is enough residual charge stored
  in the capacitor " to make you suddenly lie down and be very still for 
a long, long time."


On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 08:06 PM, mark wrote:

> DO NOT start working in a PSU 5mins after powering down. These things 
> can
> hold enough charge to kill you for hours and hours! I usually turn off 
> and
> remove the powercord from a machine at least overnight then hit the 
> power
> button a few times to discharge the capacitors in the unit, before even
> opening it. 


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