Posted by Wong Fey Hung on 2, 2001 at 10:32 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Does anyone use mega-ohm resistors to discharge monitors? posted by Seth on 2, 2001 at 10:06 PM:
If you are worried about the resistor not fully discharging the monitor, you could always leave it on for a long while and then short it out just to be sure.
BTW, a rectifier is a diode. There are limits to the amount of current that they can handle contiuously, but they can handle more for short periods of time. If you draw a spark while discharging the monitor, you are drawing very high current for a short time.