Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
>...........
>I have had charged MMC caps sitting for days that were still easily able 
>to knock one's socks off!!  Worse yet, after they are discharged, they can 
>again build up a charge due to that effect whose name I can't remember at 
>the moment....
"dielectric absorption"
Cheers,
         Terry