I've taken a few CTR's off. I ended up not discharging, just unplugging it waiting a couple of hours and turning the power switch on and of afterwards.
I am not sure if it was the right thing to do after reading a lot of arguments the do not discharge camp convinced me. Abel On Friday, February 15, 2013, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Jeff Walther > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > The **only** time I've been shocked by a CRT was while I was > > discharging it. All the times I didn't bother, things were fine. > > I was thrown across the room by the coil on an operating SE/30 about > 20 years ago. I hadn't though that I 'd lost consciousness, but I > didn't remember the transit, and people were in my office far too > soon. > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:;> > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
