apostoliczak,
Did you ever get anything done with your M3? It's been a while since you've posted anything so I thought I'd ask.
You know, I said use a little common sense and you'll be alright...here's a perfect example. Last night I had removed my Leslie 21H amp from the cabinet to look some things over. I removed the canned capacitor and tubes from the amp before flipping it over. The Leslie had been on that day, but that was about 2 or 3 hours prior to this. When I put the tubes back in, I went to grab the canned capacitor and wasn't paying attention. I touched the leads and got a nice "little" zap. It was about a half hour before my hand started feeling better. I don't mind saying that was an experience I don't wish to repeat.
Just to prove how long these capacitors can hold a charge, I waited until this afternoon before I touched it again so keep in mind, this had been a full 24 hours since the Leslie was turned on. I touched each lead with a screw driver (with a rubber handle) to discharge the capacitor completely and it still had some juice left in it. Each lead I would touch would create a blue spark with an audible pop.
The reason I discharged the capacitor as opposed to simply putting it back in the amp again was because last night when the thing zapped me, I instinctively threw it across the room and the leads were bent. I had to discharge it so I could bend them back in place.
I've touched capacitors only minutes after disconnecting power and never received a shock, despite what I've read online. However, electrolytic caps can apparently hold a charge indefinitely.
So this is just another reason why I say, BE CAREFUL! All of this could've been prevented had I used a little common sense last night, lol.
