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IIRC CRTs store charge in a rather large capacitor. Neon transformers don't. So touching unplugged CRT internals could shock you across the room, whereas neon t
by Doxin 6y ago
IIRC CRTs store charge in a rather large capacitor. Neon transformers don't. So touching unplugged CRT internals could shock you across the room, whereas neon transformers don't have that risk.
- beerandt 6y agoI believe thats correct. Because now that you say that, I remember that part of substituting it for a CRT adding a bunch of homeade brine capacitors, which were basically just glass jars wrapped in foil and some various scrap metal conductors. Less risk of injury in case of an accidental discharge, and easier to purposefully discharge when bringing everything back to ground. At least that's I convinced myself of back then. On the other hand, in hindsight, we were pretty dumb, and still built a lot of really irresponsibly dangerous stuff.