Hello folks. I'm overjoyed to have found this group and have learned a bunch in a few months. Your collective expertise is amazing. I have an SE/30 upstairs collecting dust. My first of maybe 6 macs.
And I recently purchased a Mac 128k. I am going to take it apart, photograph it, and create an 'Exploded Design' that I'm going to put on a T-shirt. (I am aware of the existing Exploded Design after asking for it here; I'm going to do something different.) The Mac arrived today and I'm going to get to work on Saturday. The sender of the Mac has been great, and has passed on the following advice. I'm just kinda double-checking it because I don't want to get shocked, yanno. Also, he made it clear that I am taking my own risk with disassembly. :) from him: It's not been plugged in for months, so there should be no shock risk. It's prudent to pretend there IS however. Here's how to discharge a CRT. Use two long screwdrivers, with good insulated handles. Touch one screwdriver tip to the CRT where the high-voltage line is attached, under that suction cup, find the conductor. Touch the other tip to a ground on the metal chassis. THen cross the two screwdrivers so the metal shafts TOUCH. that shorts out any "charge". DONT DONT DONT do this with a LIVE POWERED CRT. Wait hours before doing this with a RECENTLY LIVE CRT. Wear insulated shoes, don't stand on wet floors, don't touch dead circuits without verifying they are inactive FIRST. CRT's are like big CAPACITORS. They store charge. Really! THOUGHTS OR ADVICE? dion --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
