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. > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > On Yahoo!7 > Messenger - Make free PC-to-PC calls to your friends overseas. > http://au.messenger.yahoo.com >
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Re: Fixing Fairlight series I, II IIX monitor "bloom". Photos in gallery.
2006-04-03 by horiprod
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