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Topic	Fire vs. Electricity
adjl 02/28/24 10:02:58 PM #16:	Yellow posted... On the back of one of the machines at my work is a big fat capacitor that could just kill you even if you unplug it. Your average person would think it's safe to touch. Heck, the same is true of home microwaves. I had one die recently in a way that made me suspect a fuse blew, so I looked up how/if it was possible to change a microwave fuse. The first step was "This is super dangerous seriously just call an electrician but if you insist on doing it anyway here's how," followed by like 90% of the procedure being everything you have to set up to be able to safely discharge the capacitor. Needless to say, I opted to just get the landlord to replace it. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:979102560] in Fire vs. E... [t:80706855]...</cite> <quote>Yellow posted... </cite><quote>On the back of one of the machines at my work is a big fat capacitor that could just kill you even if you unplug it. Your average person would think it's safe to touch.</quote>Heck, the same is true of home microwaves. I had one die recently in a way that made me suspect a fuse blew, so I looked up how/if it was possible to change a microwave fuse. The first step was "This is super dangerous seriously just call an electrician but if you insist on doing it anyway here's how," followed by like 90% of the procedure being everything you have to set up to be able to safely discharge the capacitor. Needless to say, I opted to just get the landlord to replace it. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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