Killer Capacitor

Dr. Alpine New member Username: Alpine2005 Post Number: 2 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 20:57 GMT i talked to a guy the other day that said that a fully charge capacitor can kill or heart someone if touching both + and - terminals. is this true?
Seth Lowe Silver Member Username: Fandim Reno, Nevada United State... Post Number: 197 Registered: Jun-05	Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 21:50 GMT Yes. Capacitors are, by design, made to discharge nearly all of their stored energy at once.. If nothing else, a smaller cap will give you one hell of a nasty shock..
Joe Smoe Gold Member Username: Invain Michigan United States Post Number: 3736 Registered: Aug-04	Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 02:19 GMT Yep. They can be somewhat dangerous if you don't know what your doing.