Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13540
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: TurtleTek@aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:44:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Monitor Salvage
>
> If you're bent on taking apart a monitor or anything else that could
deliver
> a harmful shock, I have a little tip that might help out. Work with one
hand
> behind your back. That way, if you get shocked, the current will go though
> your working hand only.
Good advice. Years ago I was trying to service a TV, using one of those
$1.95
fix it yourself books. A friend was watching behind me, so when may touched
something
still holding a charge,and my elbow touched the frame, the jolt threw my
arm back, and I
knocked him down with an unintended elbow to the chest punch. My arm was
numb for some time!
A CRT is a giant capacitor.
Joe
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