Nice video! Some remarks: any low impedance can be used to discharge a capacitor, assuming it can cope with the current running through it. A digital meter can be used for that when set to measuring current. However the fast changing of the numbers may make it difficult to get an impression of how big the current is at any moment in time. An analog meter will give you some more insight into the change of the current over time. Note that a meter such as the one you used can get mechanically damaged if the dial bangs into one of its corners (and stays there for a while) with a large force. Basically the current at that moment is much higher than what the meter was designed for. The dial may even get contorted / go crooked. Finally: in general a digital meter only "feeds voltage to a component" when set to measure impedance of some component because for a known voltage it wants to measure the current through that component so it can 'calculate' its impedance. It does not do that when measuring voltage or current. The same goes for an analog meter.
Good work Jerry!
Nice video!
Some remarks: any low impedance can be used to discharge a capacitor, assuming it can cope with the current running through it. A digital meter can be used for that when set to measuring current. However the fast changing of the numbers may make it difficult to get an impression of how big the current is at any moment in time. An analog meter will give you some more insight into the change of the current over time. Note that a meter such as the one you used can get mechanically damaged if the dial bangs into one of its corners (and stays there for a while) with a large force. Basically the current at that moment is much higher than what the meter was designed for. The dial may even get contorted / go crooked. Finally: in general a digital meter only "feeds voltage to a component" when set to measure impedance of some component because for a known voltage it wants to measure the current through that component so it can 'calculate' its impedance. It does not do that when measuring voltage or current. The same goes for an analog meter.
Do you bring up the radios with a dim bulb current limiter and an isolation transformer?
I have a Heathkit IT-1 isolation transformer, and I want to get a variac, but they are very expensive.
@@jerrystone1 yeah, the hobby always wants more toys!
Great Video
Trial and errors too!
Keep it up Jerry.