how does one get shocked dismanteling a crt

most tv's have a discharging thing under the cap so it does it anyway.
I have my own quarantine section just incase and any fresh tv, monitor or microwave I get goes at the back of the queue.
a week or so and it would be impossible to have power still there.

but thinking about the 300 odd i've done so far, I can't remember ever actually touching the cap, I cut the wire and that's it,
why does the cap need removing anyway?

Originally Posted by scrapperben

I have my own quarantine section just incase and any fresh tv, monitor or microwave I get goes at the back of the queue.
a week or so and it would be impossible to have power still there.

very good advice for future newbies who stumble on this thread. eliminates what I call the Tesla dance, which is when you dance around flailing your hands in the air after boneheadedly resting your hand on the tube when you're in the process of discharging it. Dance and flail, then you touch it again, dance and flail, touch a different part dance and flail, try it again holding the wrong part of the screwdriver, dance some more. Then you pretty much know you'd better pay attention, or set up Ben's queue. (I went with the queue)