User`s guide

Basically: unplug the monitor and let sit for a day, wear goggles, work on
a non-conductive table surface, do not stress CRT neck.
Unplugging the monitor and letting it sit for a few hours reduces the
danger of shock from stored charges; it does not eliminate it. The usual warning
for this kind of work is AVOID touching two different circuit points at the same
time. Like, don't touch the metal chassis and the conductive surface of the CRT
at the same time.
WEAR protective GOGGLES. If you should, somehow, bump or stress the CRT
neck-- as in jumping when you get shocked-- it may break. The result may be a
peaceful THOOP! or the CRT may implode in a spray of glass. (Avoid using the
CRT's neck to support the monitor in any position.)
Work on a wooden or plastic-topped table with plenty of space. Try to
position yourself, tools, and the monitor so that when you get 'stung', the
chances of breaking something are reduced.
As much as posible, avoid using heavy tools of any kind. An inadvertant tap
from a mini-screwdriver is much less likely to crack the CRT than a bonk from a
full-sized screwdriver or pair of pliers.
Rubber gloves are probably a good idea so long as they do not get in the
way. Of course, pointy connections and components can puncture gloves.
It's a good idea to clip a wire to the chassis and touch the other end to
the conductive surface of the CRT a few times before doing any work in order to
drain off any charge there.
Note: Several places in a monitor or TV carry high enough voltages to deliver an
uncomfortable shock. Draining the charge from one point does not guarantee that
other points have been discharged.
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From: Joe Walters
004- How do I discharge the High Voltage?
The HV charge (20,000+ volts) might not be much reduced by just waiting a few
hours (or days), especially if you are in a low humidity location and the tube,
etc., are of good quality. You can, probably, _reduce_ the shock hazard by
discharging the High Voltage at the anode. You can not, really, expect to
eliminate the shock hazard. (See WARNING below.)
1. There is a long wire (called the anode) that goes from the high
voltage power supply to the top of the tube where it is snapped
into a hole. You can't see the hole because there is a rubber
shield built onto the wire. The end of the wire goes to a metal
clip which, without the rubber shield, looks somewhat as below.
One squeezes the clip so the end slips into the hole in the tube.
--- ---
== \ / ===== back of CRT
\ / <-- metal clip (This is what your grounded
| screwdriver needs to touch.)