[HN Gopher] Recovering components of disposable cameras (2017)
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       Recovering components of disposable cameras (2017)
        
       Author : CTOSian
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-12-12 10:57 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.increa.com)
        
       | 13of40 wrote:
       | > Several minutes after popping the flash and removing the
       | battery, I still measured more than 100 volts on the contacts,
       | due to residual charge retained on the main capacitor after the
       | flash tube extinguished
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       | Can confirm. I was playing with one of these when I was a
       | teenager and decided to see if I could shock my arm and make it
       | jerk. The sequence of events was supposed to be...
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       | 1. Grasp one electrode in left hand.
       | 
       | 2. Pick up the other one with my right hand and tuck it under my
       | left shirtsleeve.
       | 
       | 3. Depress the take-a-pic button and watch magic happen.
       | 
       | In reality, step 2 shocked me from arm to arm, straight through
       | my chest.
        
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