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Originally Posted by MRX37
there's nothing cowardly about not wanting to risk 15 KV traveling through your body.
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In my book there is, especially given the method your scarred of. The screw driver method was a safe and common technique among service techs for decades....I've even seen SS sets that have warnings not to use that method because the SS HV system was not built to take it. I've done the screw driver bit dozens upon dozens of times before and after I got an HV probe (surprisingly easy to miss-place for a 1' long stick). I've never been shocked doing it, even when the ground clip lead has slipped off the driver mid way through....Hell I've even used wood handled drivers once or twice. Only jolts I've taken are from anode recovery when reassembling (eventually realized that leaving the jug clipped to ground prevents even that), and once or twice forgetting to discharge the HV before removing the suction cup....That don't feel good, but I've gotten bit MUCH worse by 120VAC.
If you work on CRT TVs as a habit you WILL get bit by the HV or MEANER voltages/waveforms eventually, just a matter of time. And it's only spooky until it stops being an unknown experience.....Then it becomes more of a minor nuisance....Like dropping a heavy set on your foot or stubbing your toe (only the pain don't last nearly as long...5sec to 5 min tops), you cuss a bit and move on unphased.