Timeline for Short-circuit current through disconnected capacitor
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| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:53 | comment | added | Russell McMahon♦ | A 1.5 litre PET softdrink bottle at 150 psi makes an awesomely loud explosion Stand next to it and you can feel the pressure pulse all over - but nowhere the energy of your discharge. Hearing slowly trickles back in after a few minutes. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 1:29 | comment | added | qrk | @RussellMcMahon For a high power sonar. I have a picture of the affected area hanging on my cork-board. The bang was probably equivalent to a .38 handgun going off in the room, i.e. very loud and debilitating. And then it recharged and arced a second time before someone got enough sense to kill the power. | |
| Oct 1, 2021 at 23:21 | comment | added | Russell McMahon♦ | That's an immense amount of stored energy. I imagine it didn't all escape, but ... ! || LASER? Other? | |
| Oct 1, 2021 at 21:27 | history | edited | qrk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 1, 2021 at 7:59 | history | answered | qrk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |