On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, John Robertson wrote:
> Remember to be careful about the HV anode connected to the picture tube
> MIGHT have a rather large CHARGE! SO I would carefully discharge the tube
Yes. To give a small anecdote of personal stupidity: When working on the
HV for one of my machines, I noticed that ever time I tried to ground out
the HV, nothing happened. I figured it must be one of those self-discharging
types, and stoped bothering as I repeatedly removed the HV section trying to
fix it.
The upshot should be obvious. It wasn't self discharging. There was no HV
because THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIX, you big dummy. :-)
Luckily, once it was finally working, there was no longer any reason to
remove the HV cage, right ? Oh yeah, I just have to put the shield back on.
No problem, I'll just stick my hand in there . . . say, why are all the
hairs on the back of my hand sticking up . . .
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WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
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