Posted: 7/1/2009 5:48:08 PM EDT
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 That looks like it might hurt. Would be interesting to see what kind of volts and amps it has.
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I can tell you from experience (about 5 or so experiences, actually), that it will not "take down a full grown man". While it does hurt like a bitch, I would compare it to perhaps what one might feel if someone were to pinch you extremely quickly ( and fairly tightly) with a pair of needle-nose pliers.
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About 12 years ago I had a camera that broke so I took it apart. I was fooling around with something that looked like a battery (I guess it stored energy for the flash). Any how I touched a wire or something on there and it shocked the piss out of me so bad I had a headache. It didnt have any batteries in it at the time so Im guessing it stored some juice in there. Needless to say I dont touch that shit anymore.
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About 12 years ago I had a camera that broke so I took it apart. I was fooling around with something that looked like a battery (I guess it stored energy for the flash). Any how I touched a wire or something on there and it shocked the piss out of me so bad I had a headache. It didnt have any batteries in it at the time so Im guessing it stored some juice in there. Needless to say I dont touch that shit anymore. That's how I know from experience. I fix electronics for a living ,and do a high volume of cameras. The capacitor for the flash will occasionalybite if you don't notice the terminals whilst disassembling the unit...
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About 12 years ago I had a camera that broke so I took it apart. I was fooling around with something that looked like a battery (I guess it stored energy for the flash). Any how I touched a wire or something on there and it shocked the piss out of me so bad I had a headache. It didnt have any batteries in it at the time so Im guessing it stored some juice in there. Needless to say I dont touch that shit anymore. That's how I know from experience. I fix electronics for a living ,and do a high volume of cameras. The capacitor for the flash will occasionalybite if you don't notice the terminals whilst disassembling the unit...Im glad im not the only one who found out the hard way. |
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About 12 years ago I had a camera that broke so I took it apart. I was fooling around with something that looked like a battery (I guess it stored energy for the flash). Any how I touched a wire or something on there and it shocked the piss out of me so bad I had a headache. It didnt have any batteries in it at the time so Im guessing it stored some juice in there. Needless to say I dont touch that shit anymore. That's how I know from experience. I fix electronics for a living ,and do a high volume of cameras. The capacitor for the flash will occasionalybite if you don't notice the terminals whilst disassembling the unit...Im glad im not the only one who found out the hard way. Trying touching one of the capacitors in a old CRT monitor.... Dibs on your guns 
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Quoted: those caps HURT something fierce, i've been bit by them a few times when I was a kid (taking apart cameras) You aren't kidding. When I was in high school we took apart some disposable cameras with a flash, then sparked it off on the door knob when someone was coming in the door. It left an arc gouge in the door knob on our side. |