One day we blew lots of them on the technical school. I'm not sure what the professor was doing, but at some point, someone killed a big, naked-aluminium, ancient cap, and hell it didn't even explode, but it created quite some smoke screen. What the hell did they put inside them, anyways? The smoke smelled like piss. Well, at the end we all sort of evacuated the lab, and the one next to it because of the smoke.
A few months ago i soldered some caps parallel on a stripboard to do some testing. So I hooked it up to 4 AA Batteries in series and tried like an idiot to get the connector in; didn't realized I tried to hook it up the wrong way. Still glad these didn't blow up, not even a single bump on the vents…
I've done this with a model train variable transformer, and electrolytic capacitors, when I was 17.
blew a 330uf 25v cap the other day, sounded like a 22 going off in my lab!
I want to see some rifa ones blow.
Anyone here after the last mailbag (# 1410)?
only thing that has changed is that he calls the camera bastard
I want the 2020 remake with 10k FPS!
What a classic.
240 vac is more fun.
Dave needs to revisit this today….
2019 anyone
One day we blew lots of them on the technical school. I'm not sure what the professor was doing, but at some point, someone killed a big, naked-aluminium, ancient cap, and hell it didn't even explode, but it created quite some smoke screen. What the hell did they put inside them, anyways? The smoke smelled like piss.
Well, at the end we all sort of evacuated the lab, and the one next to it because of the smoke.
Who's watching in 2018?
Yeah they do explode even with vents
@EEvblog Revisit with the chronos high speed, maybe?
Bloody hell, you could launch a rocket with these suckers!
lol my phone does 240 fps and full HD…
A few months ago i soldered some caps parallel on a stripboard to do some testing. So I hooked it up to 4 AA Batteries in series and tried like an idiot to get the connector in; didn't realized I tried to hook it up the wrong way. Still glad these didn't blow up, not even a single bump on the vents…
Awwwwwww. You didn't start out with "HI"
Looks like the can of that 3rd cap just went shooting off like a rocket.
learning about electronics …. watch EEVblog and see this, smile at the bag of capacitors inside my drawer! Ace video Dave!
cool and dangerous I've seen a cap put a dent in a 10 gauge steel case !
Are you done with that capacitor i lent you? I need it for my mom's life support machine..
You should get together with the slomo guys and see if you can borrow some time on their phantom.