[rayiner]

In high school we used them as a high voltage source to make lifters: https://youtu.be/jrfBrrDfdEA

[sevensor]

My high school electronics teacher had a screwdriver that was permanently welded to the terminals of a capacitor he’d pulled from a TV set. “This is why you use a resistor to discharge one of these things,” he said.

[rayiner]

TIL. I always used a screwdriver to discharge those capacitors lol.