Capacitor Bank #12 - Blasting Various Electronic Components

1,072 views · Published 7 August 2011 · 3:42 · Indexed 5 October 2026

Channel: Bill Gilmour · 2011 · Science & Technology

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Here various electronic components, resistor, film caps, electrolytics, and a microswitch get powered up by discharges from the 5.5kV 50uf capacitor bank.
They do not survive.

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