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All triplers that I've seen came with the anode wire and many came with a new anode connector.
Speaking of discharging HV, you'd cringe if you saw what a friend of mine used to do regarding capacitors. Heck, I cringed!
If he suspected a bad cap, lets say in the power supply or vertical circuit, he'd flip over the chassis, power up the set, grab some odd value cap and attach some test leads to it, and start jumping caps while the set was on. Usually, a loud SNAP and some heavy sparks would take place when he'd junp the test cap across the one in circuit. This is especially true of the high value and/or high voltage caps. More than a few times, I've seen him kill a TV by engaging in this practice. Usually due to a slip of the test probe or using the wrong value cap as the test cap.
I always either connected the test cap with the set off or I simply tested all caps with the correct test equipment. I never have been a fan of bridging electrolytics in a live circuit.
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