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  1. Newsgroups: sci.electronics
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!telebit!eric
  3. From: eric@telebit.com (Eric Smith)
  4. Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
  5. In-Reply-To: dp@hydra.carleton.ca's message of Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:31:11 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <ERIC.92Jul22194644@iceland.telebit.com>
  7. Sender: news@telebit.com
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: iceland.telebit.com
  9. Organization: Telebit Corporation
  10. References: <7478@public.BTR.COM> <YeOj6aG00VI=J2dJ06@andrew.cmu.edu>
  11.     <JNA.92Jul21031708@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
  12.     <1992Jul21.123111.12460@cunews.carleton.ca>
  13. Date: 22 Jul 92 19:46:44
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  16. >>On Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:31:11 GMT, dp@hydra.carleton.ca (Dave Perry VE3IFB) said:
  17. > For those that don't know, a picture tube is a big capacitor, capable of
  18. > storing charge for days. Watch it.
  19.  
  20. In fact, it'll store charge pretty much indefinitely, since after you
  21. discharge it, it will start picking up a charge by itself.
  22.  
  23. ____ALWAYS____ discharge CRTs before you do _anything_ with them.
  24.  
  25. Eric
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