One more thing ....Re: Warning warning warning warning . . . ! Re: One more thing....

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: Tom's taken an electronics class. I haven't. If he and I give conflicting : information, I'd take his word for it not mine. Mine's all second : hand info off the net. : --- saint : : : 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, <i><b>while : : it's still drawing juice and recharging itself!</i></b> 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.

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