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Thanks Steve, we are of like minds on this one.
LOL, I remember as a young kid I had an old Hanimex flash gun, Dixon's special probably. Just for fun I would short the trigger connector with a paperclip and make the gun fire.....usually you got sparks across the connector, so you can imagine what would happen if that was plugged into a DSLR.
On a separate note: a few years go I had a massive mecablitz anti-personnel flash on a Rolliecord 5A. That thing had a separate lead acid battery in a bag with shoulder strap. It was tremendously powerful, in fact there was a real 'thump' when the tube fired.
All was fine until one day there was a hell of an ear piercing crack sound, a really bad smell, and bits of flash head stem casing scattered around the room....the capacitor had exploded and blown a hole in the stem.
This is what happens when you buy high voltage devices that contain capacitors from a jumble sale.