Rebel Editor July 6, 2018 36 Comments



Discharging a capacitor means taking safety precautions and dissipating the energy from a capacitor into heat with a 12-volt automotive bulb. Safely dissipate …

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  1. Mandel Kern

    @pixuma absolutely NOT :

    0:25 : "You do not by any means want to accidentally short the positive and the negative sides of the capacitor – it can cause the capacitor to explode, it can also cause arcs or shorts and could also cause electrocutions"

    were you even listening ?

  2. pixuma

    @DrunkenGolfer HA! Never, EVER have i seen a capacitor explode from shorting the leads. If the plates inside an electrolytic capacitor were to touch, you may have a problem, but the likelihood of that ever happening is extremely minute. Capacitors are designed to discharge quickly. If you wanna fiddle with a silly lightbulb, go right ahead, but i will continue to use my screwdriver.

  3. nathan5647

    i have a 10000v capaceter and its the size of a big baseball

  4. Maclman1

    volts- the max voltage- and farads

  5. chubsnellie

    That was actually pretty funny LOL

  7. dumass00072

    I've never seen such a dangerous way to safely discharge a capacitor. Keep one of your hands out of the equation and you should live longer than this guy.

  8. iwont giveawaymyname

    Nothing you said in the first 12 seconds was correct.

  9. iwont giveawaymyname

    the multimeter is charging it.

  10. Ty Cole

    I know that almost made me stop watching..

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