It is possible to discharge a monitor while it is on and live to tell about it.

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It is possible to discharge a monitor while it is on and live to tell about it.

Today I did the stupidest thing EVER. I capped and installed a flyback on a Sanyo 20 EZ today. It was working great then the picture went away. It was black as night, no neck glow, and playing blind.

So... I walked away from it and went upstairs. Came down to address the situation and discharged the monitor. Stuck my trusty screwdriver with wire on the anode and... Big Snap! And then I removed the anode wire from the tube. So far so good. Unplugged the video cable and then I suddenly heard a hissing sound. Sssssssssssss. I look down and the flyback anode wire is arcing all over the place. CRAP! I never turned the machine off!! OMG!! I quickly unplugged it. WHOA!! My hand was near all that business when I unplugged the video cable. Man, I got lucky. I could have really got fried.

Anyways, pulled the chassis and found a cap I didn't clip. It was shorting to the frame. Clipped it and all is good works great.

Anyways, crazy huh? Just sharing. :)
 
Dont kill yourself damn it, How can I love you if you die?

Lucky you didnt zap yourself brother!
 
How can I love you if you die?

My vote for gayest quote of the year :rofl:

Seriously tho - I'm sure there's many people here that have gotten zapped. I've got hit by my Star Wars while it was on. Dude I damn near called an Ambulance. My whole body felt like it hit a brick wall. Good to hear you didn't get hurt.
 
Shoot, you must have been really lucky. So far the worst I've been shocked is by an exposed wire somewhere beneath the control panel in my Frogger.
 
I've done stupid stuff like this before:

1) Left my screw driver under the anode cup (and jumpered to the frame) after a quick adjustment and forgot to remove it before turning it back on.

2) Turned the game on but forgot to plug in the anode cup in and it was hanging down loose near the frame.

3) Hooked up a fixed monitor chassis in a cocktail, turned it on to see it working beautifully, lifted up the cocktail top to see better, and forgot to bolt the chassis in first and it slid out and shorted to the frame and died again.

4) Tried to cut off the end of a cord so I could change the connector, and forgot the other end was still plugged in. (POW!)
 
Yeah that sucks !!! Thats the problem when you get too comfortable working on this stuff , you forget to do things .
 
Way back years ago when I worked at GS Electronics, an old tech who'd been working on TVs for 30+ years was busy soldering away replacing capacitors in a console TV.

I walked around the front of the set and did a double take, then asked "Hey Clinton, did you know this set was on?"

He nearly hit the wall moving away from the board so fast. Somehow he never shorted out anything or got shocked. ;)
 
I'm so thankful that 3 out of my 4 games came with great working monitors. The only one that needed a cap kit, I got help from Dan (p1899m) who could do it with his eyes closed. But like many have said already, there are so many steps and things you can forget. I'm glad you're okay buddy.
 
good thing you didn't get zapped too hard, john. i for one don't mind 115v shocks. i've gotten quite a few by this pin i've gotten that you don't even notice it anymore...
 
Never done that one, but I did melt some zip cord in my lap that I was using to power the ac for a power supply. Two wires touched and poof. Blew the breaker, made an awful smell. I was busy for the rest of the day kicking my own stupid ass on that one. But hey. Live and learn. Were all glad you lived.....this time. ;)
 
Today I did the stupidest thing EVER. I capped and installed a flyback on a Sanyo 20 EZ today. It was working great then the picture went away. It was black as night, no neck glow, and playing blind.

So... I walked away from it and went upstairs. Came down to address the situation and discharged the monitor. Stuck my trusty screwdriver with wire on the anode and... Big Snap! And then I removed the anode wire from the tube. So far so good. Unplugged the video cable and then I suddenly heard a hissing sound. Sssssssssssss. I look down and the flyback anode wire is arcing all over the place. CRAP! I never turned the machine off!! OMG!! I quickly unplugged it. WHOA!! My hand was near all that business when I unplugged the video cable. Man, I got lucky. I could have really got fried.

Anyways, pulled the chassis and found a cap I didn't clip. It was shorting to the frame. Clipped it and all is good works great.

Anyways, crazy huh? Just sharing. :)

If you discharged with an HV Probe, then you would have seen that there was still tens of thousands of volts present to clue you in on your mistake... ;)
 
I should link back to the story I posted somewhere else but I touched the collector of a horiz output on a computer monitor while it was on :) The twitching completely stopped a day or two later, and all the little arc marks healed up.
 
Love my trusty HV probe... that kind of shit can't happen. Why? When you stick that bad boy under the anode cup you'd see the needle jump up to 15KV+ and sit there...

I highly (and I mean highly) recommend one.

It's so re-assuring watching a G07 slowly discharge via the meter...
 
Your mistake was just a warning of the baby power a 19" carries, give a 25" a try live. When it blows the chassis fuse, hot, both fuses on your test rig and a GFI all at the same time, now you're talking a good time. I'm still alive but it hurt for a couple days.
 
Love my trusty HV probe... that kind of shit can't happen. Why? When you stick that bad boy under the anode cup you'd see the needle jump up to 15KV+ and sit there...

I highly (and I mean highly) recommend one.

It's so re-assuring watching a G07 slowly discharge via the meter...

I'd get one, but then I'd just misplace it and not be able to find it when I needed it. Thus, still using the screwdriver and alligator clip wires.

Side note: I run 2 separate alligator clips from my screwdriver to frame. I just feel safer knowing I have a backup grounding strap.:D
 
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