> It's good to share.... :)
> Just found a well out of date disposable camera in my "bits" bin so I took
> it apart.....
> I've still got a large area of my vision that I can't see because the
flash
> went off *whilst I was 2" away from it*....
> Then I managed to put my demolition fingers across the charged
capacitor...
> I'd forgotten how painful that was even on small flashguns! Perhaps it's
> true that with age you stop being able to take the things the same way you
> could in your youth.....
> Then I had the bright idea of shorting out the now mostly empty capacitor
> using a screwdriver!!
> Sorry to say but now all the magic smoke is gone (with a loud bang which
has
> given me rather impressive tinnitis) and the camera no longer works....
>
> Now isn't that so much more fun than just throwing it away!!!

Ever put a thin piece of carbon like a pencil lead across those terminals?
Now, I tell ya, that's even more impressive than the screwdriver.  I had a
bit of tintinitis for a while, myself after that one.  And the flash stuck
around on my retinas for a while too.  Strange thing is, though, that the
flash kept working after that, and a screwdriver without much trouble.  You
sure you didn't short something other than the cap leads?  Like short some
other part of the circuit into the high-voltage circuit?

--Brendan

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