Now I'm scared...

My cap has been unplugged for about 2 days and I'm afraid it may have
selfcharged. How can I discharge it in a safe way? I don't want to grab i=
t
and stick a piece of wire shorting it just to find out that it has severa=
l
hundred volts in it!
I think I will connect a relay that shorts the cap, the relay is going to=
 be
remote controlled so that I can be at a safe distance from the cap.
Hehe
Juan Cubillo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter van Hoof" <pvhoof@yahoo.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [EE] Is it safe to open a microwave oven???


> Perhaps a word of caution about the capacitor
> Store it with a shorting wire
>
> High voltage caps have the tendency to build up a
> charge after they have been discharged
>
> In my company we use high power strobes to cure uv
> resins, the powersupply is 3000v with a 33uf cap in
> it. If we leave them shorted for several weeks , then
> take the short off they develop several hundred volt
> high charges in just a few hours, enough for a very
> nasty shock or a huge spark
>
> TTYL
>
> Peter van Hoof
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