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Don't bet your life on minutes. As a 10 year old kid, I had an old (tube) TV that had been standing on a table for months. I wanted to unsolder some component
by hyperman1 6y ago
Don't bet your life on minutes.
As a 10 year old kid, I had an old (tube) TV that had been standing on a table for months. I wanted to unsolder some component out of it, and thought it should be safe by now. But as an extra safety measure, I decided to short the big capacitors with my metal screwdriver. Most were as dead as can be. One however, decided to surprise me with a big arc/flash that scared me stiff.
- jmrm 6y agoI had the same experience as a child but with an old camera flash. While cutting a big capacitor I accidentally shorted both of the terminals. Since them I have a lot of respect to electricity.
- myself248 6y agoRight, because a CRT TV is basically an enormous Leyden jar. You could've also imploded it and sent glass flying, too. None of that applies to LCDs, which are phenomenally safe to work on.