Re: It *CAN* happen

yeah... the will charge back up... it's really just a big cap with the glass
as a dialectric. You're always going to have leakage.

I git bit myself from the crt's recharging themselves more times then I wasn
to remember...

"Rob Carroll" <robert.carroll30@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:TufZe.5723$TQ3.409@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey guys,
> Well, it finally happened... after doing this for the better part of 10
> years, I finally got bit by a monitor anode. I was lazy, didn't discharge
> the tube. Here's the thing... it didn't zap me when I was taking the
> chassis OUT.... it got me putting the anode back IN after about 5 minutes
> or so... that means either I was REAL lucky taking it out, or the CRT
> charged itself back up a little. The arc was at least 1/2 inch to a full
> inch, and I was holding the rubber suction cup.
>
> No, it didn't kill me, no it didn't knock me on my ass.... it DID feel
> like a good hard whack in my wrist, and hit hurt all over for a brief
> second... but it was more startling and embarrassing.
>
> My point is, respect the CRT.
>
> Rob
>


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