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by jotm 3019 days ago
Having been shocked enough to have a mini PTSD episode when seeing a flyback transformer, did anyone actually die from a normal cap discharge? Unless it's a large subwoofer capacitor, the stored energy is not enough to do deadly damage, even if it's in the thousands of volts, in my experience...
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Apparently the charge in computer power supplies can kill :/

https://www.cnet.com/news/teen-electrocuted-while-working-on...

I think that in most cases the electricity run across the finger or the arm and not through the heart.