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The red suction cap just fell off!!!!
Crazy Cooter:
lol.
"Touching the monitor" is one thing. Licking the anode cap is another. ;)
Deshrouded monitors are as safe as tesla coils. Completely safe if you know what you're doing, but if you don't you could end up in the ER (if you're lucky).
Apollo:
Not sure why everyone is freaking out about touching the flyback suction cup. As long as the power is off you can pretty much take them on and off all day without any problem. There is way too much freaking out about tubes and high voltage on this forum, usually from people who don't know any better (no offense to anyone as I know you are only trying to keep people safe).
dabone:
You can remove them all day on newer monitors, most of the old ones hold a charge.
For me, I use some speaker wire wrapped around a awl, I wrap the loose end around the grounding strap around the tube then stick the end of the awl under the cap, (or in the empty hole if I'm putting the cap back in.)
Btw, it does really suck to be carrying old bare tubes and accidently touching the anonde hole and getting a nasty shock, even thought the tubes only, (No chassis) have been sitting around for months not connected to anything.
Later,
dabone
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Apollo on July 26, 2005, 03:53:55 am ---Not sure why everyone is freaking out about touching the flyback suction cup. As long as the power is off you can pretty much take them on and off all day without any problem. There is way too much freaking out about tubes and high voltage on this forum, usually from people who don't know any better (no offense to anyone as I know you are only trying to keep people safe).
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Uhm, he moistened it and then connected it to a 30,000 volt capacitor.
FOR THE LAST ---smurfing--- TIME, IT IS NOT A SUCTION CUP. THERE IS NO SUCTION.
It is a rubber, electrically resistant hood that covers the HV anode.
Old tubes not only hold a charge for an extended period of time, but they also self recharge frequently after having been discharged. It is best practice, if you are going to remove the anode, to discharge before removing it and discharge before replacing it.