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How do I discharge a monitor with no frame?
AceTKK:
All the info. I've seen about discharging the tube says to hook the wire to the screwdriver, and the other end to the monitor's frame. Suppose your monitor doesn't have a frame, or that the frame is made of wood. What then? I would guess that hooking up to earth ground via the wall socket would be an option, but I read something recently that said specifically not to do this. What's the solution?
-Ace-
SirPeale:
To a metal pipe in your house, that'd work.
MonitorGuru:
I hope you were posting in jest there Peale!
Think of a picture tube as a large capacitor.
SirPeale:
No, I wasn't joking...I was speaking in ignorance. Thanks for correcting me!
AceTKK:
That makes sense, thx Guru! Is the ground wire (on the tube) usually connected to the monitor's frame? Is that why most tutorials suggest hooking up to the frame?
-Ace-