should I?

[sp0rk]

I'm planning to switch metal frames from a non working monitor to a working one.  Should I discharge first?  It looks like I can get the frames off without touching the anode/etc.  Just wondering if I have a danger of getting zapped just for removing the metal frames. 

Thanks!

[SirPeale]

What kind of monitor?

You might be able to do it, but if you have to disassemble the monitor, go ahead and discharge.

It's funny...I've been working with arcade monitors for a little while now, and if it hasn't been on for a while (say more than an hour) I don't bother to discharge.  I just grasp the cap firmly, pinch and twist.

Putting it back on, I flex the cup backwards, exposing the anode.  I touch it to the hole in the tube (keeping my fingers well out of the way) and then take it away.  Pinch it, and put it back on.

Now, if it *has* been on in the last hour, I ALWAYS discharge.  Man, some of the *snaps* that come from it are suprising!

[sp0rk]

I did read the stickey, but this sounded like a gray area.  I'm sure most people don't generally need to do this sort of thing.  I'm basically removing a shelf type metal frame for a vertical mount frame. 

It doesn't look like I will have to remove the anode cap. 

I can take the metal mounting frames off each monitor and swap them with little trouble, I think. 

I'm more worried about getting zapped by the actual board, etc. 

Thanks for the information though.

[sp0rk]

well, I swapped the frame with no trouble.

[sp0rk]

I didn't touch any of the wires on the board.  I simply removed the frame, with the chassis still attached via the anode and the neckboard to the tube.  I then slid the metal frame arround them.

I'll double check and see if any wires are loose, but I doubt it.  It was pretty painless, and nothing moved as far as I could tell.

[RayB]

Spork, will you be selling the vertical mount frame?