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Date:         Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:18:20 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
In-Reply-To:  <6.0.3.0.0.20050702083301.04830bc8@buncombe.main.nc.us>
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Donšt remember the values but you are correct that there was a wire wound resistor inside that lead. Same lead is used by TV repair services and others maintaining CRT systems or systems with caps that donšt have bleed down circuits. jimt On 7/2/05 6:35 AM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote:

> At a computer repair place I once worked the Mac guys had a tool to > discharge the cap for the CRT in the iMacs they worked on. Looked like a > lead with alligator clip on one end and a probe on the other. It had a > beefy insulated handle. I assume there was a big resistor in there. > > Edward > > PS. I like the idea of the dielectric relaxing as this 4th of July weekend > gets rolling... > > At 04:52 AM 7/2/2005, you wrote: >> list: >> >> no discharge instructions given here. instead, a warning that capacitors >> are not play things, and that discharging a capacitor will not neutralize >> all of the free charge, thereby making it necessary to leave the terminals >> shorted together, else creating a hazard as the dielectric relaxes. >> >> work with one hand and wear rubber shoes. >> >> dan > >


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