In a (slightly safer) environment...
When I was a teenager back in the mid 70s, i accidentally blew up a medium sized elctolytic capacitor in my bedroom.
I had a home made bench PSU capable of supplying upto 25Volts at around 5Amps.
I accidentally connected the capacitor the wrong way round. It was fun to see the needles on the Voltmeter and Ammeter slowly rising until they both shot up to FSD, then BANG. lots of flying fluff and ears ringing.
Did that stop me? No. The rest of the bag of about 25 caps, were dangled out of my bedroom window and hanging on Crock Clips. Great fun was had. Wow, the echo around the neighbourhood.
It did discolour the wall just below my window though.
Ah, happy days!!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
