Juan Cubillo wrote:
> 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
> it and stick a piece of wire shorting it just to find out that it has
> several 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.

You're making too big a deal of this.  Use some clip leads and hold a
100Kohm resistor accross the cap for a few seconds.  You can even do this
with your hand if you only touch one end of the cap and the end of the
resistor connected to it.  By holding those two wires together you can make
the other two touch for a few seconds.  Or just hold the cap by the
insulated housing and make both ends touch a piece of metal at the same
time.  That might not be so nice on the cap depending what type it is,
although as long as it's not electrolytic even that shouldn't be a big deal.


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