[sdiy] Tube amp cap discharge tool?

[Bob Weigel]

Tom...I said to use a crappy screwdriver.  There are two reasons.  1) it 
dont' matter  2)they make poorer connections and create a FASTER PLASMA 
INTERFACE in general :-)  So can we drop it now? -Bob

tomg wrote:

> It's absolutely true that early (60s-70s) service 
>manuals directed you to short out both cap 
>terminals to ground. All n' all it's probably not 
>going to hurt the amp.. That's not what it's about.
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>It's about having the good sense not to tell 
>people who may not know any better to 
>disregard safety procedures. At the very least
>we are saving a innocent screwdriver. :)
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>People can do stupid things..My lawn mower 
>came with a warning not to use it on the roof of 
>my house....That means that somebody actually 
>did it, screwed up and then sued!!..:)
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>Regards
>Tom
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>>:-) I'd love to argue this the rest of my life..but we're talking a 
>>concept called 'straining out gnats' here.  I've done it for years.  
>>Nothing has been hurt.  
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