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Originally Posted by Down Under
Interesting when discharging through a resistor. You certainly don't get the pop, but there is definitely a reaction. You know that static feeling and accompanying crackle sound if you get too close to the face of an operating CRT? It's like that, but your hair doesn't try to stand on end!
I definitely recommend you try this, as I've never once been zapped by recovery charge, I'd really love to know why this is!
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As the bleeder draws down the positive charge, it is in effect going negative, causing the CRT face to exhibit a negative charge. That's the crackly, staticky effect you hear. It's the inverse of the positive-going charge on the CRT face when the HV comes up.