What happens if you over voltage a non vented electrolytic?

[@hrxy1]

Roses lime marmalade, nothing but the best for simon

[@Radiocruncher]

Nice demo Simon. I did one a while ago under a tumbler and it went off like a bullet. I’m surprised it didn’t break my glass. I need to build a stronger container before doing any more. Great fun though. Cheers Graham

[@dalerobinsuk]

I recapped the PSU on an old Tek scope and accidentally put 2 capacitors in the wrong position. 300v through a 16v cap made one hell of a bang!

[@MrDubje]

Simon is having fun!

[@SoddingaboutSi]

Simon never really grew up!

[@charliea697]

Lol that's what I used to use my scalelctrix transformer for. Connect up and under voltage electrolytic and dive for cover behind the curtain 😀

[@pafoofnic]

When I was a kid running a car stereo shop in S.F., (early 1970's), would shoot them through a tube out the door, 3 - 10 volt lytics clipped to a 60 volt transformer. (Shhhhhhhh -pop - stink) I still remember that electrolytic smell...

[@Andrewausfa]

Bangtastic!

[@Wenlocktvdx]

At RMIT in ‘79 we were told of a kid in the previous years course who decided to play the old “zap someone with a charged cap” prank. Didn’t check the voltage rating and put it on a 300V supply. BANG! It was said that he wasn’t much use for the rest of the day.

[@SoddingaboutSi]

Serves the little git right. Quite funny though.

[@friedmule5403]

This point to something important, how do you protect yourself while testing circuits? What if the tested circuit is a bigger board, i.e. 20 × 20 inch?

[@VintageElectronicsGeek]

Done this a few times placing them inline backwards! :) ~Jack, VEG

[@BjornV78]

Once you pop, you can't stop :-)

[@MaxKoschuh]

wooohooo, this was cool

[@BjornV78]

Back in the old days (92 a 93) , when i started with electronics, i wanted to check what the results was, if you try to charge a 1.5V coin cell battery with 30V AC. I got that day my own episode of the Big Bang Theory :-)

[@GeorgeChristofi]

Nice one Simon. Do like a nice bang on a sunday!

[@jaycee1980]

I have a bucket full of CrapXon and other cheapo's i need to do this to :)

[@MichaelBeeny]

You're not a real hobbyist until you had a electrolytic blow up on you. Mine tended to be wrong way round more than over voltage. I lost my capacitor virginity at 12. You always remember the first time!

[@jaycee1980]

and hopefully, your face is nowhere near it when it happens :)

[@zx8401ztv]

You can't fool me simon, you were in a silly mood and needed to torture a poor little cap lol :-D The mess it makes in equipment, hard to remove the pong. Try a old bead tantalum, ooow nasty smelly crap cap :-D

[@amirb715]

at what voltage did it blow?

[@SoddingaboutSi]

About 25 Volts.

[@davidroberts965]

Boom 🥵

[@driverfilmsshortwavechannel]

Nice, now try a 1000uf!

[@SoddingaboutSi]

Outside maybe!

[@dalerobinsuk]

uF? What about something in the F range :)

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Boom LOL

[@SweeneyTTodd]

I suppose George persuaded you to do this lol Best regards Shaun

[@SoddingaboutSi]

No Shaun, we used to do it as kids and this video was made a few weeks ago. Modern caps will fracture preventing this explosive action. Good fun though