Yup, and it HURTS BAD!!! Like a deep burn. At-least I'm alive to share. Heck I'm even felling better than I have in long time, maybe that's what I needed. A nice jolt from head to toe...
This was from the innards of an old 2204...
Jon
This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
You didn't have to do that. Could of just told us rather than almost kill yourself!
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
Old Marshalls are terrible for discharging slowly. They're the ones you really need to watch.
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effin marshalls
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
Ouch. Well that's one way to feel alive. Self electrocution as legal high?
Glad you are still with us.
On a completely related note...
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... =discharge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Andy.
Glad you are still with us.
On a completely related note...
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... =discharge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Andy.
aNDyH.
Ever tried to outstare a mirror?
In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find!
Ever tried to outstare a mirror?
In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find!
Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
Sort of related. When my neighbor moved, he left me an old full-sized arcade machine because it was too much of a hassle to take with, and I spent the next few years making a project out of restoring it. The caps on the videoboard had dried out and I needed to replace them, but to do that I first had to discharge the flyback transformer which is part of what makes the CRT work. There is a special tool used to discharge the transformer by slipping it underneath the rubber "nipple" that connects it to the glass tube and safely grounding the resulting discharge.
...I didn't have one of those, so I wrapped the bared ends of a lamp cord around the shaft of a long flathead screwdriver. Cue popping and burning plastic.
But hey, that monitor sure looks great now.
...I didn't have one of those, so I wrapped the bared ends of a lamp cord around the shaft of a long flathead screwdriver. Cue popping and burning plastic.
But hey, that monitor sure looks great now.
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
Used to work in a TV repair shop... We used two very long screwdrivers lol. I never used to like doing it (mainly the bit of feeding the first screwdriver under the HT cap) but never got a shock from it.Gray wrote:Sort of related. When my neighbor moved, he left me an old full-sized arcade machine because it was too much of a hassle to take with, and I spent the next few years making a project out of restoring it. The caps on the videoboard had dried out and I needed to replace them, but to do that I first had to discharge the flyback transformer which is part of what makes the CRT work. There is a special tool used to discharge the transformer by slipping it underneath the rubber "nipple" that connects it to the glass tube and safely grounding the resulting discharge.
...I didn't have one of those, so I wrapped the bared ends of a lamp cord around the shaft of a long flathead screwdriver. Cue popping and burning plastic.
But hey, that monitor sure looks great now.
I've had one or two over the years though. Only one off an amp, when I was prodding about with what I thought was an insulated plastic soldering aid tool... turned out it was static dissipative
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Ill admit I've taken a hit from an amp. Had it dis-charged, turned it on to check something quick (a bulb I think)...forgot to dis-charge again it'll give you a good rattle!
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
I try to discharge my caps at least twice a week.
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
and make sure your discharge tool is well insulated...Randy Bass wrote:I try to discharge my caps at least twice a week.
edit... particularly good advice for the touring musician, out on the road
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Congratulations, LCD achieved in 10 moves!
Andy.
PS: No, not 'liquid crystal display'!
Andy.
PS: No, not 'liquid crystal display'!
aNDyH.
Ever tried to outstare a mirror?
In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find!
Ever tried to outstare a mirror?
In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find!
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Re: This is what happens when you don't discharge your caps
On a related note X2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lozkT1zrIU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lozkT1zrIU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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