I've found wiring in a 10 or 100 megaohm resistor in series with the ground wire helps bleed off the juice a little slower and more controlled. At any rate, when working inside a CRT, I usually use aligator clips on leads clipped to everything, and to each other, and then one leading to a known ground source (water pipe, etc). That way I ensure that any extra power doesn't try to find a way home through me. Tarsi 210 210-------------210-------------------210 VISIT OrangeCAM! http://orangenet.dhs.org/~cam/ tarsi(a)binhost.com http://orangenet.dhs.org http://www.binhost.com/~tarsi http://tfb.dhs.org 210-------------210-------------------210

Neil asks: The CRT acts as a big capacitor, and stores a substantial charge. Even if discharged, it will accumulate a charge over time. If you just ground the second anode to a cold water pipe, that will not discharge it, unless the frame of the CRT is also grounded to the pipe.