On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 15:26 -0500, Darryl Gibson wrote: > Ian Chapman wrote: > > The last time I fixed a TV I resoldered all the joints on the nec board. > > That's the round thing on the end of the tube. I found it by wiggling > > wires. Try moving the wires on the horizontal deflection coils looking at > > the screen with a mirror. Do not worry about the high voltages if it was > > not dangerous it would not be fun. After all it's only a TV not an X-ray > > machine or a WWII radar. > > Umm, it is an X-ray machine, or they used to be. I haven't been inside a > TV in years, but don't the still carry X-ray warnings inside the chassis? > > A TV can hurt you, be safe, and watch out for that large red wire hooked > to the picture tube. It will "jump" out and say hello to you.
I _nearly_ learnt that the hard way once, removing an anode cap. Something told me to ground it just as I was starting to peel back the rubber. I pulled an inch long spark off it ;) I've fixed TVs and CRTs in the past.. just wasn't sure how to think this one through to a likely part to prod. (I don't have a scope where I am here). -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user