how does one get shocked dismanteling a crt

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Maybe I've been lucky so far, but I don't discharge any of the TV's/monitors. Maybe it helps that I use insulated tools, who knows.

Or could be that the "bleed-off resistors" are working like they should be, after a few days unplugged they should be OK. But you just never know when someone will plug one in one last time just to see if it's still working right before they give it away. A real crapshoot, isn't it??