Packing suggestions (was Re: PDP11 Redux, or Behind-The-Scenes Bull)

From: Jim Arnott <jrasite_at_eoni.com>
Date: Sat Feb 23 16:41:29 2002

A caveat...

When shipping big monitors, all the packaging in the world won't ensure
that it gets to its destination intact. So far, UPS is batting 1 for 3.
 In two cases the monitors *were* properly double boxed and blocked with
foam. In each instance, the packages were dropped from sufficient
height to break the flyback transformer loose from its moorings and
impact the main board hard enough to fatally damage it. The worst case
was a SuperMac 20" where the FB transformer broke the main board into
three separate pieces.

In both cases the monitors looked fine but for some reason wouldn't
power up. ;o)

I no longer trust ANY common carrier to move monitors. Which can be a
real pain. I live in the sticks and it's taken me four months to get a
pair of GDM 1950s to LA... Fortunately the buyer understands intact is
more important than fast.

Jim

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
>
> When shipping CRTs, I usually place a heavy guage piece of cardboard in
> front of the CRT screen for added protection. Sometimes I also place a
> small piece of foam between the CRT and the cardboard. It takes a lot of
> force to break a CRT though.
>
Received on Sat Feb 23 2002 - 16:41:29 GMT