"John Gilmer" wrote in message
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A high voltage shock from a CRT will definitely get your attention but
"lethal?" Only if your reaction the the shock causes you to fall out the
window or come into contact with something that's REALLY potentially
lethal:
the line cord.

That's not to say that you don't take precautions. Getting a shock when
working on electronics is proof you haven't been as careful as you should
have been.



I tried to post much the same point but it didn't appear. The most dangerous
area of a TV or monitor is the mains smoothing capacitor, which is indeed
potentially lethal. I have never heard of a fatality from the CRT anode, and
it shouldn't be particularly hazardous to a healthy heart. The biggest
danger from the CRT anode is, as you say, secondary injury caused by reflex
action from the shock.

Dave