Discharging High Voltage on RCA CTC-5

[TVBeeGee]

Thanks for all the terrific answers. I haven't actually taken possession of the CTC-5 just yet. The seller is storing it for me for a few weeks. I'll post what I find as soon as I get to the TV and start to dig into removing the chassis.

Meanwhile, you might enjoy this little story: The first CRT shock I ever got was way back when I was just 14. I built an EICO 460 oscilloscope kit. While calibrating it during the first power up, I went to turn the chassis around to get better access to a control. With one hand quite firmly on the chassis and my eyes fixed on the adjustment I was trying to reach, I reached around the top of the naked scope and stupidly brushed my other hand across the top of the Intensity or Focus pot. It just happened to have the second anode 1,600 Volts on it.

Yeoww! It went up one arm, across my shoulders and down the other arm...and lit my eyeballs up REAL good! Fortunately, I jerked away before anything serious happened, but I was gasping for air for a few minutes afterward.

Ever since then, I've been EXTREMELY careful with high voltage supplies...and I've never gotten bitten again. I hope that luck continues! And that's why I wanted to check with you folks first. Nice to have the benefit of your experience. Thanks!