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capacitor not causing shock?
i have a capacitor bank that can charge to 360 volts and 1400 uF. if i touch one of the terminals, i don't get shocked. i can touch either the negative or the positive without getting shocked. why don't i get shocked if i only touch one terminal?
7 Answers
- indiantrumpetLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you werent curious enough to touch both terminals at the same time, then you're smart enough to know why you didnt get shocked. Stop scaring everybody, dummy.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It's DC as you said and you are not making a complete circuit. If it were AC then, yes, it would light you up. I would advise you to cease this bad experiment. If you would like to know what it could do to you, short across the terminals with a screw driver. Make sure your eyes are closed before you do so, or are wearing a welders helmet with the dark glass in place. Once the arc has destroyed part of the screw driver, look at it and consider what that could do to your hand. Yes, that much stored energy can kill you, very easily.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You should never touch a capacitor. Period. But you are not completing the circuit.
- 1 decade ago
its maybe because your body not touch into ground.(maybe your wearing a shoes or the like)..capacitor discharge instantly when the source voltage is disconnected?...
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- medLv 41 decade ago
easy quest...when u touch only 1 terminal, it is a close circuit..there a no current flowing..
- Anonymous1 decade ago
god is with u ...
