STUPID (probably) Grounding Question

[FrizzleFried]

OK...so I have a monitor on a work bench...not plugged in to anything.   I go to discharge the monitor (which last ran last night) to the chassis and I get nothing...not a pop...not a tick...nothing.

Even though the monitor isn't hooked to anything...I am still discharging to ground when I discharge to the frame...right?   I mean this seems like a stupid question...but I want to be 100% sure before I stick my finders near the anode hole.

[SirPeale]

What do you mean, discharge to ground?

[FrizzleFried]

Discharge the monitor tube to the chassis....so I can remove the anode without electrocuting myself.

[FrizzleFried]

It's actually a pretty stupid question being that I've discharged monitors sitting in cabinets that were unplugged and what is the difference if they are sitting in a wooden cabinet or sitting on a wooden work bench...but you know...it helps me to work things out when I write them down and read them over and over again...

 

[SirPeale]

If you're going to pop off the anode, discharge if it makes you feel better.

Me?  I don't if it's been off for a while.

I damn well do if I go to put it back *on*, however.  Getting the clip off is easy; putting it back on often requires being able to see what I'm doing, so I fold back the cap.  Then I use my discharge tool, discharge the tube, then use the screwdriver tip to compress the anode spring back into the tube.

[FrizzleFried]

`tis done....and I lived....so I MUST be doing something right.