mattx Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Lordy, just taking apart a Kodak C330 - batteries out of the thing - slowly jimming the back off - and I got a quite a large electric shock !! Funny thing is I can't see a capacitor on there so I have no idea where it came from.....
mattx Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 I give up, just got another shock from it - I'm leaving it alone !!
elsiegee40 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 * Looks for carefully concealed Apple logo... * The equipment strikes back! *Cue: sinister music *
webman Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I got the same thing when I was kid, dismantling a camera and touched the PCB - I thought my finger was going to drop off!
Andrew_C Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I've never looked into the detail of how they work, so I could easily be a long way off... The CCD (CHARGE coupled device) might have an electrostatic charge on it which could be enough to make one jump?
K.C.Leblanc Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 It'll be the doofer that holds the charge for the flash.
elsiegee40 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 It'll be the doofer that holds the charge for the flash. Excellent use of technological terminology... 1
mattx Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 It'll be the doofer that holds the charge for the flash. Thats what I'm thinking, i have no idea what it looks like though. I want to get the PCB off so I can get to the lens. Any pointers would be appreciated !!
webman Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) This any good? "Lens Error" on Kodak camera Capacitor is the battery-shaped battery-sized thing next to the battery holder - 5th pic down. Edited April 23, 2009 by webman 1
mattx Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 This any good? "Lens Error" on Kodak camera HA HA HA HA - quote: 'Now, after receiving a nasty shock becase I was not careful enough, I had to discharge the capacitor. It contains more than 300 volts with a high current charge. Believe me: You shoud NOT try to open your camera unless you know what are you doing. ' Errr, yeah - been there TWICE !! Thanks for the link - i have two others showing the same problem, this camera at the moment the lens is at a weird angle so that will help now I know how to get to it without killing myself.
powdarrmonkey Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I've never looked into the detail of how they work, so I could easily be a long way off... The CCD (CHARGE coupled device) might have an electrostatic charge on it which could be enough to make one jump? CCD is a misleading name, the charge across the cell is tiny. It's going to have been the flash unit that got you.
webman Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 @mattx You're welcome. It's as if you were writing that page yourself Good luck!
CyberNerd Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 your not about to make a taser are you? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec4YXEoQL6s]YouTube - Make a Tazer![/ame]
mattx Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 your not about to make a taser are you? YouTube - Make a Tazer! I am now.
Andrew_C Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 CCD is a misleading name, the charge across the cell is tiny. It's going to have been the flash unit that got you.Thought it might be, which is why I hedged! Didn't think about the flash - blindingly obvious now though!
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