I was 5 when dad taught me about capacitors. He had an axial lead electrolitic charged up on his bench near his DeVry books.
He picked it up by one lead.
Looked at it.
Set it down.
Picked it up by the other lead, looked it over and set it down.
Then he went back to the DeVry books.
So I reached over and picked it up.. with both hands.
It was a learning experience.
He did, during that teachable moment impress on me how capacitors worked, and how to be safe around them. I already knew about the brown shorts part.
/johnny
I am just venturing into ham radio.
Took the practice exams and passed with little study.
I don’t have the desire to broadcast, and even less to give my contact info to a three-letter federal agency.
I tune and tune, but mostly just hear guys talking about their gear and antenna.
I rarely get reception from overseas, have not mastered dx yet.
I have built some large audio tube amplifiers, and did consider using a microwave oven xfmr. Never did it, just used off the shelf stuff. A 480/120 industrial control transformer is impressive and cheap when wired step-up.
Good talking.