logoalt Hacker News

mikepurvisyesterday at 9:24 PM1 replyview on HN

aka a lightning bolt


Replies

groosyesterday at 10:03 PM

Not really as large capacity capacitors (this one seems to be 4V) tend to be low voltage as well. You can touch the terminals without harm but attempting to short them is going to be, er, entertaining. I have accidentally touched a 200V capacitor and it was not fun.