High voltage capacitor bank (more than 2kV and 10A)

[@greenaum]

You know you could measure a higher voltage than your multimeter can show, with a voltage divider. Use, say, a 9M resistor and a 1M resistor in series. Put the voltage across the whole 10M, and measure across the 1M. You're measuring 1/10 of the voltage. Of course the principle applies in general. Probably best to use higher values, ie 10M rather than 10K, so as not to load down the voltage. Because a digital multimeter has high input impedance, this will be OK. Of course, you can experiment. For your switches welding, you can buy old-fashioned, Frankenstein-style knife switches from educational suppliers. Or make your own.

[@BrianBrocken]

yeah I know, I probably should've done that :-).Multimeter didn't work properly anymore after doing this a few times. It now messures twice the amount of voltage (3s lipo -> 24V ???), oops. Using the knife switches would be a great idea, thanks ;-)

[@lite_go_9565]

Wow

[@cptrikester2671]

Someone told me about using a disposable camera to make a zapper / shocker, so I tried it. In the process of disassembly, exposing the critical bits and reassembly, I accidentally zapped myself a couple times. When it was done, I refused to test it again. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. 😂😂😂😂😂