Don�t remember the values but you are correct that there was a wire wound
resistor inside that lead.  Same lead is used by TV repair services and
others maintaining CRT systems or systems with caps that don�t have bleed
down circuits.
jimt
On 7/2/05 6:35 AM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote:

> At a computer repair place I once worked the Mac guys had a tool to
> discharge the cap for the CRT in the iMacs they worked on.  Looked like a
> lead with alligator clip on one end and a probe on the other.  It had a
> beefy insulated handle.  I assume there was a big resistor in there.
> 
> Edward
> 
> PS.  I like the idea of the dielectric relaxing as this 4th of July weekend
> gets rolling...
> 
> At 04:52 AM 7/2/2005, you wrote:
>> list:
>> 
>> no discharge instructions given here. instead, a warning that capacitors
>> are not play things, and that discharging a capacitor will not neutralize
>> all of the free charge, thereby making it necessary to leave the terminals
>> shorted together, else creating a hazard as the dielectric relaxes.
>> 
>> work with one hand and wear rubber shoes.
>> 
>> dan
> 
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