On 12 Mar 00 at 16:04, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
>>Hi Clarence,
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I have had the monitor
>>turned off and disconnected many times but it never affected
>>the picture quality. I had come across the idea of degaussing
>>somewhere before but I don't recall exactly how to perform it.
>>I think I saw a wire running around the circumference of the
>>screen which is supposed to perform the degaussing function.
>>
>> Eric
Yes, that is the degaussing coil. It is actually several windings of
wire and is controlled by a thermistor (IIRC) that allows a large
current at startup and then (pretty quickly) reduces it to near zero.
Otherwise, it would distort the screen image and/or color. As I wrote
to Clarence it may have failed and does not operate at all, or even
possibly it is staying on continuously. Maybe some others have seen
this before.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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