RE: Steps for my first B&W vector discharge

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012, Chris Brooks wrote:

> The DAG coating is resistive itself - The only reason I can think of to
> bleed off slowly is that the coating in the immediate area of the anode
> might decay from the current, but discharges like this have been done for
> decades without much issue.

OK, I went back through the archives. In a BW you can fry the HV diode by
discharging without any kind of resistor. Think of it like shorting the
terminals of a battery, you current approaching infinity when R=0

http://www.vectorlist.org/Vectorlist/2001/12/0146.html

So, either use a HV probe, or a screwdriver with a 1meg resistor.

This is also why you short to the chasis, NOT any kind of earth ground.

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Received on Sun Apr 15 12:38:07 2012