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Re: Fixing Fairlight series I, II IIX monitor "bloom". Photos in gallery.

2006-04-03 by horiprod

Thanks Adrian. Yes, in the warnings, I should have mentioned shorting
the EHT. Also, wear eye protection, and don't whatever you do attempt
this wearing shorts and no shoes. Oh no.

Peter


 
> A Brave man indeed!  
> 
> Peter, you should discharge the picture tube first.
> There is a cable with a big rubber cover that plugs
> into the side of the tube. You should pry a big
> screwdriver into there, making contact with the metal
> connection, and with another big screwdriver, short
> that to chassis. There may be a big spark, but the
> screwdrivers will not be damaged 8^)  and you will
> have discharged the tube (which acts like a big
> capacitor).
> 
> Don't do this with the power on!
> 
> -- Adrian Bruce
> 
> --- Harald Feldmann <feldmann@...> wrote:
> ---------------------------------
> Hi Peter,
> 
> 
> A brave man you are :)
> 
> Regards,
> Harald.
> 
> > one, the potential for grief is great. Also, there
> are voltages in
> > the tens of thousands of volts needed to form that
> lovely green
> > image, and some of this remains even when the
> monitor is
> > disconnected. 
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