djchase88 Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hello,I was wondering if I can charge a capacitor and placing it on a table and shock someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi Chase,Yes you can, but it might be dangerous to some persons for different reasons like age and medical history. A capacitor can deliver high current and only the victim’s resistance decides the effect (damage) it will cause. Use static voltage instead; it is safer to play with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchase88 Posted January 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 How would this be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 go to the high voltage stuff section , in electronics lab look at topic high voltage photo flash capacitor charger, now if you want to charge up a pphoto flash cap and shock someone , it may be to dangerous but if its gona be picked up with one hand only then all you need is a strip of foil down both sides of the charged capacitor and make sure they are devided and a peace of thin wire from each half of the foil to each terminal , so when its picked up it will shock , now its easy to charge up a photo flash cap but with the charger units from pocket cameras ive never got a shock from chargeing up a capacitor from the camera charger unit as they dont put enougth current into it but if you biuld the high voltage photo flash cap charger i posted , this sure puts the current into that capacitor so you can feel it for sure , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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