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Tube Ground Strap Missing
bobbyb13:
Happy to help (if it is helpful.)
Bear in mind that you don't want to mix your monitor ground (or any logic board ground for that matter) with your power supply/main ground.
Be mindful of any stray ground connectors you find. They may have been intended for cabinets lights or some other a/c only item in there.
Your monitor chassis almost certainly has a fuse to deal with short circuit issues and hopefully your house has breakers that a healthy ground wire will trip if the need arises.
If you wonder about a ground lead you find just post a picture and someone here will help.
MKFan4Life:
After a little confusion years ago about Earth Ground VS. Chassis Ground, I think I have it down pretty good. It can still get a little confusing at times, but I don't think I would ever have a problem with any of that. If I do find myself in that situation, I will surely seek advice. Better to find out and look dumb than to stay dumb and end up dead, or worse, end up with a dead cab! :laugh2:
And yep, all my games have chassis fuses & cabinet fuses. And unless someone's been down to the basement recently and stole them, I remember distinctly installing several single and double-pole breakers for the circuits below the main 200 Amp breaker around 1998 when we built this house. :timebomb:
Pokeric:
Kinda belated but I was just working on that exact same monitor chassis tube combo. No one said specifically, but the big tab goes to the ground pin on the neck board.
I’m not a huge fan of the k7000 sharp image knockoff, because some things are just slightly different than the WG, so making assumptions will sometimes bite you.