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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The outer envelope layer of a CRT itself is a capacitor, and depending on the tube size, can hold ~13,000 to ~25,000 volts. What makes it worse is that you can properly discharge the tube, completely remove it and put it on a storage shelf somewhere for months, then come back to it and the motherfucker done managed to recharge itself from the fucking atmosphere!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    Any sufficiently big capacitor does this and that's why you short them out for storage unless you want to die.

    The biggest ones I worked with were 75 kg slices of stinkiness when they leaked and had to have two separate loops of wire on the terminals for safe disposal.

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