Ian P. Nixon wrote: > > So you're saying that if I had a voltmeter, I could just slide it's > probe under the anode cap? > > Ian > > On Jun 21, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Sean Billings wrote: > > > Ian P. Nixon wrote: > >> > >> Hi people! > >> > >> I wanna work on all my Macs that I recently found, but I'm having a > >> hard time trying to find a CRT Discharge Tool. I was wondering if it > >> was possible to make one. > >> > >> Ian > >> > >> -- > > > > Many years ago when I used to work as an engineer on these machines we > > used to use an old multimeter lead to discharge the crt which had the > > advantage of a nice satisfying spark so you knew it was discharged, > > then > > later on I can't remember if it came from Apple or not we got a proper > > tool to do it which was very thick and heavy insulated, also no more > > sparks so you had to trust that it worked, I believe it just had a > > large > > resistor inside to dissipate the energy. > > > > I'm sure in these 'safer' times such practices would now be frowned > > upon > > ;-) > > > > Sean. > > > > -- > > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The Think Different Store > > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --
Just the lead, you need to connect 1 side to ground usually the metal tag on the corner of the crt best to have a croc clip for this, and then poke the probe under the anode cap, of course you need to use a probe lead that doesn't have any fuses or such in them. Sean. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
