Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:10:25 -0800 From: Tom Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The bottom line is: Irrational fear of the CRT leads people to advocate routine
discharge of the CRT, even when no work is to be done on the HV circuitry. Not
only does this fear discourage people from fixing their macs, following the
standard advice ironically exposes many more people to the very risk that we
mean to avoid.
The last time this topic came up I posted the same story, but since the original poster asked for personal anecdotes and it illustrates Tom's point....
The one time I was shocked by a Compact CRT was while I was attempting to discharge the CRT. I hadn't been taking precautions, I probably would have avoided the shock. It was not as bad as the times (several times) I've been connected up to the wall outlet and not nearly as bad as the time that I found the circuit breaker to the 220V water heater experimentally.
Jeff-just call me Uncle Fester-Walther
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