On Monday 08 December 2003 10:45, Peter E. Williams wrote: > > 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.
Just wanted to stress be VERY careful, theres some real nasty caps in a monitor, but yeah adjusting the internals works very well and isnt hard to do. However my monitor last night buzzed, flickered, and smoked...dont think thats good....heh 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 -- Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
