[sdiy] Discharging CRT, was: Modular Video?

[Ingo Debus]

GothGeek Sysadmin wrote:
> > Isn't it better to put a resistor in series, 1k or so? I think the
> > discharge current could be pretty high otherwise.
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> For high voltages like that, unless you like fireworks you probably want
> more like 1meg resistor...

Doh, yes, 10 kV, 1 kOhm means 10 amps, 100 kWatts!!
But the energy stored in the CRT is the same, independent of the
discharing resisior's value. It has to be turned into heat anyway. Does
anybody know how many pF a CRT has?

Ingo