Always good to discharge the supply cap. The discharge spark was louder than the camera pick up.<br />150 Volts AC rectified to 200 Volts DC was switched onto the Caps under test via a contactor.<br /><br />A 16 / 50 slide show is on part 2 of the video<br /><br />A word of caution !<br />As mains voltages are involved here these experiments should not be copied without appropiate safety measures in place.<br /><br />I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)