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preisschildyesterday at 4:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yeah the tube is essentially a large capacitor :P

I also learned electronics by shocking myself often


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fennecbutttoday at 3:25 AM

It's not the tube (which is just a chamber for an electron gun. It's the high voltage capacitors used to hold charge for the supply driving the electron gun.

nojvekyesterday at 5:48 PM

You either learn by shocking yourself, or die trying.

The survival selection is real in electronics.