What exactly happens when you discharge a CRT incorrectly?

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Originally Posted by DaveWM

the yoke scares me more than a CRT (not that I want to get a jolt from HV) I got yoke bit once, been over a year and I still have not fully recovered (this was a color solid state set), I think I did perm damage to my arm.

Wow, with two of you talking about a yoke, I had to look it up to see what it was. Couldn't find it in my books, but I found this in Wikipedia:
In detail, scanning of CRTs is done by magnetic deflection, by changing the current in the coils of the deflection yoke.

It looks like it's the copper-colored wire around the section of the picture tube right before it fans out into the screen. Is that it?

If this gives a nastier jolt, I'm all for that! If it burns her, all the better.

Hope you get better, Dave. Sorry you got stung.