Howdy folks! I'm an artist in the video game industry, and my job entails making a lot of mechanical and sci fi assets. I thought it might be a good practice to start disassembling some electronics to be more familiar with how real electronics are manufactured and assembled, which is how i found my way to these forums.
When I started researching what tools I might need, I quickly encountered the warning "Some devices can maintain a potentially lethal charge in their capacitors, even up to years after last being powered on", which was enough of a scary thought for me to slam on the breaks and seek some education before actually taking anything apart.
My electronics knowledge is quite novice- I know the words 'capacitor', 'resistor', and a handful of others, but i'd struggle to give a definition of what those things do.
I've been seeking out youtube videos on this subject for a while, but have yet to reach a level of knowledge where I feel safe poking around electronics. I bought a couple of old VCRs at my local goodwill that I thought would be interesting to look inside of, and I also have a blender that recently died- What is the danger level of capacitors inside of devices like these?
At the suggestion of a friend, I purchased a multimeter, but I haven't yet learned which of its functions I should be using, or where I would I apply the probes to safely navigate around the guts of these electronics. I also ordered a capacitor discharging pen tool that I'm hoping will be useful.
If any one has any words of wisdom or useful resources on these safety concerns I would greatly appreciate it, thanks for your time!
When I started researching what tools I might need, I quickly encountered the warning "Some devices can maintain a potentially lethal charge in their capacitors, even up to years after last being powered on", which was enough of a scary thought for me to slam on the breaks and seek some education before actually taking anything apart.
My electronics knowledge is quite novice- I know the words 'capacitor', 'resistor', and a handful of others, but i'd struggle to give a definition of what those things do.
I've been seeking out youtube videos on this subject for a while, but have yet to reach a level of knowledge where I feel safe poking around electronics. I bought a couple of old VCRs at my local goodwill that I thought would be interesting to look inside of, and I also have a blender that recently died- What is the danger level of capacitors inside of devices like these?
At the suggestion of a friend, I purchased a multimeter, but I haven't yet learned which of its functions I should be using, or where I would I apply the probes to safely navigate around the guts of these electronics. I also ordered a capacitor discharging pen tool that I'm hoping will be useful.
If any one has any words of wisdom or useful resources on these safety concerns I would greatly appreciate it, thanks for your time!
Highly recommended if you've never seen them or that channel. He also has 1 or 2 videos on what is/could be and what isn't a dangerous / lethal shock & electrocution. A lot of people *everywhere* say and think, it's the current that kills, not the voltage... but it's actually a lot more complicated than that. It's more about the energy and the time it can be delivered in... which turns us back full circle in that most consumer electronics simply don't have large enough capacitors to be that dangerous.
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