ElectricDreamz
Well-known member
just got my first anode cup shock (one *ZAP* sound doesn't mean fully discharged!)
SOOOOOOO like everyone says 10000000x over, make sure whatever you're using to discharge a monitor (and you) is grounded.
having pulled anode cups several times this year, i admittedly got cheeky today and didn't bother playing it safe.
i heard a tiny *zap* and thought that that was the full CRT discharge. i thought "lol big deal, i'll be fine, everyone's making this a big deal for no good reason"
NOPE.
got another *ZAP* that was MUCH louder and (painfully and physically) experienced that's still got my hand tingling and scared the shit out of me
FWIW, don't be an idiot and don't think that the one zap you heard first means that the CRT is fully discharged
SOOOOOOO like everyone says 10000000x over, make sure whatever you're using to discharge a monitor (and you) is grounded.
having pulled anode cups several times this year, i admittedly got cheeky today and didn't bother playing it safe.
i heard a tiny *zap* and thought that that was the full CRT discharge. i thought "lol big deal, i'll be fine, everyone's making this a big deal for no good reason"
NOPE.
got another *ZAP* that was MUCH louder and (painfully and physically) experienced that's still got my hand tingling and scared the shit out of me
FWIW, don't be an idiot and don't think that the one zap you heard first means that the CRT is fully discharged





