Monitor discharge question?

[creatine28]

I tried to discharge my 19 inch arcade monitor with a screwdriver.  I made sure to attach a ground wire from my screwdriver to the metal chasis of the monitor, but when I slid the screwdriver under the rubber anode, the suction cup just popped right off?  I wasn't ever able to discharge it.

Does anybody have any idea on how I can discharge it now?  I was able to remove the monitor from my cab without killing myself, but I would like to still use this monitor in another project, and I'm a little leary of just tryingh to pop the suction cup back onto the tube.

Oh yeah, my cab is a Centipede that was converted to Sky Soldiers, so from the looks of it and going by the original Centipede game that it use to be, I think I have a G07 electro monitor?



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks,

Steve

[APFelon]

This isn't uncommon. All you have to do is insert the screwdriver into the yoke hole and wiggle it around a little (The hole that was under the suction cup. Sometimes you can see sparks arcing to the screwdriver). Touch the screwdriver to the yoke (the suction cup) as well, just to be cautious.

Just be careful, and good luck. I ALWAYS treat a monitor as if it wasn't discharged, just to be extra safe.

Good luck.

[creatine28]

Thanks,  I'll give it try!

[creatine28]

Thanks for the info!   I was actually going try to repair my monitor, but in the mean time was just going to put a PC monitor into my cab.  When I first got the cab, the previous owner stated that it was recapped, but for some reason, the game picture was squished down all to the center of the screen.  The monitor was mounted vertically, so basically the picture was only show in the center of the screen and only about 3 inched wide.  I tried to adjust the orientation knobs etc,  but nothing changed.  

From reading on the interenet, sounded to me like the problem was having to do with the Vertical deflection transistor or something like that?  I need to verify what monitor I have for sure, but it seems to look like one of those G07 electro monitors?  

Also,  I admit I was a little leary messing with the monitor, only because I've read a  lot of stuff about people shocking themselves,  this is why I thought I might as well be safe and not take any chances.      

Steve

[APFelon]

No need to blow a gasket, Pac-Fan. I may have used the wrong technical term, but my description was sound. I could have called it a snefklet and he would have known what I was talking about. WHY I was calling it a yoke I can't explain... Momentary lapse of reason or perhaps I am a simpleton. No matter either way.

Also, nothing offered in my advice was all that different than what you followed up with. I said nothing that was neither dangerous nor would it have harmed his monitor. Somehow I couldn't escape the implication that I somehow was. Again, no matter, as long as creatine is safe and successful with what he is trying to do.

What I don't understand is why you don't think it is important to discharge an exposed monitor before handling it. I have taken a hit from a 25' monitor AFTER discharge and it wasn't fun. Discharging a monitor is a fairly simple precaution before pulling an unwieldly, awkward tube out of a cabinet and hauling it around or whatever.

Not worth arguing over, really. But I couldn't help but to feel a little attacked.

APf