Re: Monitor Discharging

Arghhhhh, I am not a technical writer! The cup I am referring to is the one
that is built into the side of the picture tube. It is a cup shaped metal
insert that is the point where the HV clip connects to. Sorry about not
defining my terms better...

I believe this subject is well covered in the sci.electronics.repair FAQ

John :-#)#

At 12:05 PM 12/9/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Well I can vouch for John's note below. I completely discharged my monitor to
>the frame last night, pulled the deflection circuitry and worked on it (yet
>again) and went to pop it back in again after about 40 minutes. I STILL got
>the zap (though not as badly as on a fully charged tube). One note I would
>make, however, is that a jumper to the anode cup doesn't really make a lot of
>sense to me. I *believe* that the charge is kept in the tube itself, not in
>the HV flyback circuitry, so the jumper would have to be somehow connected to
>the tube, and not the anode cup...
>
>
>Ace
>Ni-Wumpf Ltd.
>
>
>John Robertson wrote:
>
> > ... After the HV lead is removed, I like to leave a jumper lead
> > connecting the anode cup to the chassis for a while to clean up any
> > residual charge.
> >

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Received on Thu Dec 9 12:01:17 1999