When's the last time you got "bit" by a monitor...

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When's the last time you got "bit" by a monitor...

I'll start.

About 15 minutes ago. I had discharged AND washed the whole monitor with a hose. When I went to pull the anode cap I discovered she had gotten a second wind...
 
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Last Wednesday...

I do most of my repair work at my day job where lighting is plentiful and there are no rug rats pulling on my pants leg begging for attention. I completed repairs on two G07 chassis for a KLOV member and brought the monitor home to swap it out with a 4900. I usually leave the monitor complete during transportation, but this time I had removed the chassis for some reason. Well, when I got to my front steps I decided to adjust the way I was holding the monitor for the climb and when I rolled it towards myself I got bit by the anode hole. I didn't really feel it, but both of my forearms tensed up significantly for a couple of seconds while the power drained off through my chest and out my arms.
 
I rolled it towards myself I got bit by the anode hole.

Perhaps it's overkill, but after I remove the anode cap, I put a jumper between the anode hole and the dag wire and leave it there until the anode wide goes back on.
 
Perhaps it's overkill, but after I remove the anode cap, I put a jumper between the anode hole and the dag wire and leave it there until the anode wide goes back on.


That is more work than I bother with, I do usually short the anode before reinstalling a cup.



Honestly, I just rarely work on G07s and I never have these problems on other monitors. In fact, the only chassis type I have been bitten by, with the power secured, are G07s.


The only long term ramifications of that mistake is my debit card seems to have been damaged during the discharge. It was in my shirt pocket at the time and now the mag strip on it seems to be failing...
 
Never, at least as of now! I have been shocked by (what I think was) the sound board on my frogger machine, though.
 
That is more work than I bother with, I do usually short the anode before reinstalling a cup.

It's not that much work. I keep a few jumpers with alligator clips on both ends in the tool box for various stuff. To discharge I just grab one and whatever screwdriver is handy and clip it to the chassis. After it's discharged, I unclip the screwdriver and clip the free end of teh jumper to the anode hole.
 
it's probably been a year and a half since i've gotten a shock. once you know where you can get shocked from it's fairly easy not to. i always discharge and remove the anode and tap the hole one more time, and then i discharge the anode hole before reinstalling the anode to the tube. i haven't had a problem since the first couple times.
 
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