Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 01:31 PM, Stephen wrote: You win the Eudora 3 Chili Award of the week! Antonio Rodríguez wrote: I have several friends that are either electronics hobbyists, or that even work as repairmans. I have heard several stories about shocks by high voltage discharges fr

Re: Flyback Transformer Question

I do know that: http://www.cathoderaytubes.com/html/samller_than_10_.html Has the same tubes in. Not sure how much they cost, but this could be another alternative. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compa

Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

Hey- I've always avoided the CRT, wether it's safe to touch it a lot or not. I've read stories that people have gotten killed by touching it. Be REALLY careful, people -Ian _ Don’t worry if your Inbox will max out while you are e

Flyback Transformer Question

I did a Google search on the Samsung part number for the 9" B & W display (broke the magic tip off of one in an SE/30) that fits most of our compacts and came up with this . Compared to buying a used compact it wasn't a great deal,

Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

You win the Eudora 3 Chili Award of the week! Antonio Rodríguez wrote: I have several friends that are either electronics hobbyists, or that even work as repairmans. I have heard several stories about shocks by high voltage discharges from large tubes (more than 20"), and the worst thing I have h

Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

20,000, 30,000, 1,000,000 volts blah. What kind of amperages are we talking about here. That¹s what matters not the voltage. (yes I know the two are quasi related) On 12/8/03 12:40 PM, "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty simple. The dangers from working inside electronic equipment with

Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

Pretty simple. The dangers from working inside electronic equipment with HV capacitors or tubes of ANY kind is frankly not an urban legend. The fact that so few folks HAVE been injured by these things is the education factor of being told before they do something stupid. If you've ever discharged o

Re: CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

I have several friends that are either electronics hobbyists, or that even work as repairmans. I have heard several stories about shocks by high voltage discharges from large tubes (more than 20"), and the worst thing I have heard to have happened is a friend of mine being inconscious for half an h

CRT Fatal Shock - Urban Myth?

Yes, those of us with compact Macs have heard for years how to be careful working with or around the CRT lest we receive a fatal shock. Yet, I'm curious if anyone here has actual firsthand knowledge of a fatality caused by working on a compact Mac. "Jolt" stories also welcome, but if you are an

Pina Books

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