I love this, what i find the most entertaining is the tank of water keeps getting progressively lager and larger with each test, and must be like hmm that one broke lets try a larger one :)
Great fun! My lab buddy and I went through a practical joke period at work and one joke was to place a small electrolytic or tantal on the rear output of the bench power supply. Eventually we had to stop before one of us got hurt. Lots of fun though.
Your neighbors must really love you LOL. I just can imagine me doing that in my house. I will have 5 patrol cars, snipers and a bomb squad in 10 minutes.
For one of my science fair projects I build a air powered potato gun. Well time goes bye and some relatives are visiting so I decide to show it to them. Well I got no potato so I use some tape over the end of the barrel. First used scotch tape then moved to electrical tape. The last shot I fired I combined both taped and pressured it to over 100 psi. That thing sounded like a fucking cannon going off. Next thing I know I hear someone say “their gonna call the cops” and I’m like welp time to pack up lol. That shit was fun
Had once one explode in mine. I was sitting in my office chair, waiting for the transport car to arrive. Turned on the computer to boot(we had pentium 4s at my workplace) and it beeped. Restarted it, then BOOM like a firecracker going off in the silen,e. Almost shat myself.
Can you share the specs of all caps (especially the one that blew the aquarium)? Did you find any correlation between explosion energy and capacitance/voltage?
I could not see the + and - polarity applied to the capacitors. Did you use correct polarity or reverse polarity or both. Was there a noticeable difference in outcome?
Capacitors are bound to explode when the supply voltage is more than their capacity...all the capacitors must be much less than the supply voltage of 310Volts
Just stick them across the 235 V mains on a long lead away from your self and switch on , they go off like the sound of a 410 shotgun ,470uf 25volt are recommended,for my big bang theory.
It would almost certainly explode, and 220V is lethal! If you want to experiment, try to a start to keep everything at max 30V. Above 45V is the threshold for guaranteed deadly, almost no matte how little current. Some capacitors can be used to AC other will not work or even get damaged. To protect yourself, put a large transparent plastic box over it, so you do not get hurt. When selecting a capacitor, select one that have a higher voltage rating than the voltage you want to use, unless you only goes for exploding caps. :-)
Fit the correct size large capacitor up a length of scaffold tube , propped up against a wall , SEAL the bottom end ... and ... you have an effective mortar cannon ( launches hundreds of yards ! ) ... ( tried - n - tested ! ) ........... DAVE™🛑
