On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:52:44 GMT, Ignoramus27088 wrote:

The procedure would be
- connect everything
- put on hearing protection
- turn on the franceformer
- disconnect franceformer with remote disconnect.
- turn face away, short the steel flats using broomhandle
- hear BOOM
- describe testing in the ebay ad

Something in the dim recesses of my mind is telling me that a "boom"
discharge would be bad for caps. I'd rather, as a buyer, see a one,
five, and ten minute voltage check, and know that it was discharged
through a power resistor. Those, I can help you with.