Help on creating a capacitor discharge tool
 

I've been thinking about building a capacitor discharge to repair a TV. All
I want to know is if it's okay to use primary wire instead of regular copper
wire.

Help on creating a capacitor discharge tool
 

Just use a ceramic resistor accross the main filter,
& some smaller caps in the secondaries. Like 1000
ohms approx, you can use higher, just the higher you
go, the longer it takes to discharge caps. Sky.

Help on creating a capacitor discharge tool
 

Darren Teaford wrote:
I've been thinking about building a capacitor discharge to repair a TV. All
I want to know is if it's okay to use primary wire instead of regular copper
wire.




I just use a cheap alligator clip lead clipped to a screwdriver, I've
heard arguments for using a resistor but in over a decade of working on
CRT displays I have yet to have had a problem doing it my way.

Help on creating a capacitor discharge tool
 

"James Sweet" wrote in message
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Darren Teaford wrote:
I've been thinking about building a capacitor discharge to repair a TV.
All
I want to know is if it's okay to use primary wire instead of regular
copper
wire.




I just use a cheap alligator clip lead clipped to a screwdriver, I've
heard arguments for using a resistor but in over a decade of working on
CRT displays I have yet to have had a problem doing it my way.

I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard some say they use a conductive
foam block that static sensitive ICs come on. They say it works great, with
no sparks.