Re: High Voltage Probe Usage Help

Connect it to the Dag strap or one of the metal lugs where the CRT screws to
the Chassis
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From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: High Voltage Probe Usage Help

> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Tom Cloud wrote:
>
>> I'm going to give it a try to discharge a WG monitor. The monitor is
>> OUT
>> of the game and on the workbench. I'm assuming that aligator clip will
>> connect to ground somewhere. Can anyone suggest where I might connect
>> this
>> clip to? All FAQ's I've read say to connect it to chassis, but since the
>> monitor is not in the game, the monitor chassis is not currently grounded
>> - hense my ?
>
> There was a big web page written up on this and I don't recall the link.
> Think of the tube as a big capacitor, or battery. You are putting a load
> across it to drain it out.
>
> So the chasis ground is correct because you are measureing, draining it's
> internal voltage. You do NOT want to connect it to the actual earth
> ground,
> and definately NOT the AC outlet ground.
>
>
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