"James Sweet" wrote in message
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I'd do it, I pretty regularly touch flyback HV leads, there's nothing in
the
flyback that can store a charge, the tube itself does that. A B&W monitor
or
a vacuum tube TV chassis can hold a charge for quite some time, but a
solid
state color set has a focus divider that'll discharge the HV within
minutes.
It's still always wise to ground the anode just in case though.

You sure don't want to touch the ungrounded coating on a picture tube a
minute after switchoff while standing in a second story window. True story.

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