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Originally Posted by TTDegs
I really really wouldn't go trying to change a (real) HID bulb unless you know exactly what you are doing - there are some seriously high voltages involved to 'kick start' them, and if you touch the wrong bit, it could be painful  |
Yowzer! I did that once whilst fixing a Nikon camera flash (You know, the nice big, old style with swivel and bounce!). It would appear that the capacitor discharge was on the edge of one side of the board and the earth was exactly opposite and also on the edge. Guess which edges I picked it up by?
To cut a long story short, The spasm caused me some muscle strain that lasted a week and I had nice little blisters on my thumb and fore finger as a reminder. However, I did fix the flash and it still works perfectly.
I don't think that I want to re-live that experience ever again!