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Old 01-31-2016, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
If you put your finger in the middle of a 20KV arc and you are not connected to either supply pole you will feel more pain from the plasma burn than the shock (as I know first hand).
Tom, I'm sure you realize that with the Zenith color safety cap failures, it was because the high voltage would soar insainly high, at which point the HV could arc "through" the CRT neck glass to the yoke or convergence poles. But that's not the same thing that happens with sparks between adjacent dag islands or a grounding strap on the outside surface of a b&w CRT.

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