There are many dangerous activities in the world. Electronics repair on ordinary equipment is less dangerous than crossing the street. Folks just need to educa

There are many dangerous activities in the world. Electronics repair on ordinary equipment is less dangerous than crossing the street. Folks just need to educate themselves on the basics of electrical safety, preferably with an experienced mentor, and then just get started with a healthy level of caution. Energy discharge from capacitors found in things like appliances and electronic instruments is very unlikely to be fatal. The way people usually get hurt from caps is from an involuntary jerking response to the jolt and the subsequent scraping of skin on sharp metal edges.