> Hey, everyone. What does one do with old monitors? I have one that's not > very useful anymore (seems almost "out of focus"), so it's been replaced and
Put it back into focus. Often the outside dials have drifted over time and will be maxed out. Each dial has a potentiometer (an internal dial) that can be turned to set the outside dials back within the middle of an adjusting range. There is also a potentiometer for focusing the screen. After opening the monitor, be very careful with the capacitors. Use an insulated screw driver and gloves to protect you and the monitor. Eventually, the internal dials will be maxed out and that is when you can finally say that the monitor tube has given you full service. I haven't bought a monitor in 8 years :) Some work has been done to try and recycle this tube glass. The glass contains metals such as lead. Some glass/lead mixtures are used to make crystals, the most famous glass/lead mixture being Bohemian glass. There just isn't a lot of demand for crystals, so the monitor glass accumulates. Other glass is used to make glass beads which are mixed with paint to make reflective paint which are used to paint the divider lines on our highways. There is a Calgary company that makes these beads, but it's been a long time. I don't know their name but when I was there, they were in the industrial part of town in the SE. They do collect recycled glass. HTH, Peter On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Ian Bruseker wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey, everyone. What does one do with old monitors? I have one that's not > very useful anymore (seems almost "out of focus"), so it's been replaced and > I'm curious what I should do with the old one. Does anyone know if they can > be recycled or something? > > Thanks. > > Ian > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/1KhOSiY+RXI7JS4RAkWOAJoCQg/90EkZu9oRkOQioRz+MtBD8QCfZ3Pp > I0pwgE4rnZinMsrD+BRaYMA= > =0/Bx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
