[sdiy] Discharging electrolytics

[Harry Bissell Jr]

Ahhh now here is an idea.

Use an array of smaller capacitors separated from eacg
other with resistors to limit the current from
adjacent capacitors.

You can safely discharge the big cap into the little
ones (although it will take some more time)

Then you can discharge the little ones one at a time,
with the resistors limiting the currents from other
caps.   Meter across each cap when you short it, and
it will read zero.  Remove the short and it will
gradually
come back to full voltage.

I will patant this new idea.  I'm going to call it
"Dielectric Absorption"   :^P

(which functions very much the same way)

H^) harry

--- Metrophage <c0r3dump23 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- jared <jaredfoster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I suggest you design and build a prototype pcb of
> an overly-elaborate
> > and 
> > roundabout circuit to send the discharge of the
> two massive lethal 
> > capacitors into hundreds of smaller, similar,
> almost-harmless
> > capacitors. 
> > Then you can safely discharge those individually,
> one by one, by
> > hand. 
> > So what do you think?
> 
> I think you've invented the high-voltage BBD! Can't
> wait to hear it!
> 
> CJ
> 
> 
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