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Originally Posted by TVBeeGee
Any advice on how to SAFELY discharge the ultor on a RCA CTC-5 with the metal 21AXP22 CRT? I have not done this type before. Looks like the connection to the tube is buried behind the insulator surrounding the entire tube and the other end of the lead connects directly to a chassis connector at the high voltage cage. Unplugging the charged cable from the chassis seems like a really bad idea (shocking!), so can this be done by a method that avoids electrocution?
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On mine I would unplug the HV lead from outside the box (there's a factory cardboard handle on the wire of mine for that) and direct the tip to touch the chassis to short out the HV (not a bad idea to leave it touching the metal CRT mounts to avoid HV bounce back).
HV especially when the set is off shouldn't kill you (unless you have a heart condition).... You'll screw up and and body discharge a CRT eventually Lord knows I've done that MANY times.... After you come up with new combinations of cuss words you'll get used to it and find it more of an annoyance than anything.