It doesn't take much. Like if you put 12 volts across a little electrolytic rated at 10 volts, WATCH OUT! The tranquility of your workshop could soon be very suddenly disturbed. Even with the proper polarity, they will BLOW-UP. The MAGIC SMOKE will be EXPLOSIVELY RELEASED. BOOM!
And speaking of capacitors, Rogier PA1ZZ sends this:
But don't blow these ones up. Some of them are 75 dollars a pop!
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Back in my High School Vocational Electronics class one day a week students could bring in equipment from home to work on or build kits etc. Thats when I went to work at noon when most were at lunch and
ReplyDeletewired in a high value low voltage electrolytic cap accross the power switch or in B+ lines - these were the days of vacuum tubes.
The caps would blow like an M-80 and fill the room with smoke. Needless to say toilet paper use increased after such episodes. I could only get away with such tricks when substitute teachers were filling in.