GE 800d Restoration

[rca2000]

As to why the CRT "recovers" it's charge after a bit....OFTEN enough to bite you once again...has to do with the "time constant"--of its "capacitive effect". IN all reality--the glass envelope of a magnetic deflected CRT becomes a capacitor---and like any cap---there is a "time constant " that determines how fast its charge can drain off. It therefore takes a number of "hits" to drain the charge off completely. Others here may be able to explain this better than I can, but I HAVE been bitten by an anode after discharging it a NUMBER Of times. SO, be careful.