Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used to work in a one hour photo lab. We would routinely break apart the "throw-away" cameras to save the batteries. (We were poor art school kids :)) Occasionally we would get one with a full charge and open to the circut board... wham! you get a pretty hefty shock.. You only do that once before you learn to discharge the flash. :) - -Mark On Tue, 21 May 2002, Jim Brick wrote: > At 09:38 AM 5/21/2002 -0400, Austin Franklin wrote: > > >High voltage??? I can't imagine what inside a digicam could require "high > >voltage"...it is more likely all low voltage/low current DC. Now, the > >batteries can be an issue if you short them out...but that's different than > >"high voltage electrical shock". Talk about scare tactics! > > > >Austin > > > Austin, > > The flash circuit. Hundreds of volts to the flash tube. A switcher and > voltage pump, pump up a high voltage capacitor (the recycle time.) Put your > finger across the capacitor leads and you will definitely know it!!! Been > there, done that, got the tee shirt! Unfortunately, too many times. > > Jim > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html