CRT handling Was: Re: It's ALIVE!

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Mon Feb 22 18:01:20 1999

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:
>landfills and waste management laws, etc.) I was able to observe that they
>would take quite a whack on the side of the large part of the envelope
>before they broke. BUT, when they did break, the implosion caused glass
>pieces to fly several meters distant. On the other hand, when just the neck
>got broke, there was usually a definite, brief "chufff" sound when the air
>rushed into the envelope and no other drastic action.

I have punched my monitors with quite a bit of force, and they didn't
break, so I know that much. I have also seen smashed TVs that had the same
damage that I would expect from a pane of glass - just a partial fracture,
and no total destruction. I have also had a neck break, and indeed, there
were no problems. But, once, I dropped a TV, and the image was not only
crooked, but one corner had a rainbow coloring to it. That went into the
trash. I'm not sure why, but my parents are quite paranoid about TV
repair. Some famous Russian person was killed by a TV that he was fixing,
but there are rumors that this was due to sabotage of the TV.

 --Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
Received on Mon Feb 22 1999 - 18:01:20 GMT

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