Posted by saint on August 24, 1999 at 20:46:37:
In Reply to: One more thing.... posted by Tom61 on August 24, 1999 at 17:15:01:
Two comments:
1. If you are attempting to discharge the monitor by shorting the anode to the frame
(don't don't don't if you have any doubts at all!) then UNPLUG THE MONITOR...
You do not want it hooked up while you do something dangerous like that. You're essentially
trying to short (instantly discharage) the full load of a high voltage battery, while
it's still drawing juice and recharging itself! Bad bad bad.
2. Tom is right about the juice itself - but 30k to 40k volts will give you one hell of a nasty
jolt. That jolt was enough to make one person fling their arm straight out, letting
loose of the screwdriver they were holding, and imbedding it in a wall across the room. Nothing
to take lightly. Also, if you hit the monitor with something, or drop the monitor which would
be likely if it wasn't stable and you shocked yourself, then you are at ground zero for a monitor
implosion - think big boom and lots of shards of glass.
Be careful! Parts of the back of the monitor are obviously made for
qualified technicians to get to -- connectors must be connected, adjustments must be
adjusted... but the nasty parts inside are very close and very tight.
Whenever I have to move or reach inside a monitor, I discharge the juice by shorting it
out, which I'm told is the hack way to do it and not the right way at all. I also make
sure first the cord is unplugged, that I'm standing on something nonconductive (raw concrete
I'm told can hold trapped moisture, making a good conductor you want no part of), and rubber
gloves aren't a bad idea.
OH! Last word. Never ever do something like this part of it alone. If you do get hurt,
you want someone there conscious and able to care for you. You do not want to be flopping
on the ground like a fish by yourself.
I don't mean to be dramatic or scary... but the moment you don't take this seriously,
it can get you.
--- saint
: About the electricity in the flyback (the dangerous part), it's only about 40,000 volts (if I remember right)with very low amperage that's not enough to kill you, unless you have a weak heart. It'll make your heart skip a beat, and it'll hurt severely, but not kill you.