Hi there,
I have a fleet of old digital cameras that I would like to turn into IR cameras:
http://www.hars.de/2009/05/convert-a460-infrared.html
I went for it and took one apart but didn't realize I could get zapped by the flash capacitor. Needless to say it scared me and now I need to learn how to discharge the cap for the rest of the cameras. I came across this tutorial:
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/important-warning-camera-flash.html
It suggests buying an analoge voltmeter to discharge the cap. I went to Radio Shack and bought the closest thing, an analoge multimeter. The tutorial specifies setting the meter to the range closest to 50 Volts but doesn't specify 50 AC or 50 DC. Any thoughts on which one I would use?
Thanks in advance.
I have a fleet of old digital cameras that I would like to turn into IR cameras:
http://www.hars.de/2009/05/convert-a460-infrared.html
I went for it and took one apart but didn't realize I could get zapped by the flash capacitor. Needless to say it scared me and now I need to learn how to discharge the cap for the rest of the cameras. I came across this tutorial:
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/important-warning-camera-flash.html
It suggests buying an analoge voltmeter to discharge the cap. I went to Radio Shack and bought the closest thing, an analoge multimeter. The tutorial specifies setting the meter to the range closest to 50 Volts but doesn't specify 50 AC or 50 DC. Any thoughts on which one I would use?
Thanks in advance.