-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 December 2003 11:27 am, Nick W wrote: > 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. >
TOTALLY agree with you here. My former electronics teacher stressed this too. Our notes had a scull and cross bone by the horizontal flyback transformer circuitry. For TV's (or monitors) it made 18000 volts ( 25000 volts for colour) This supply can easily supply more current (miliamps) than needed for stopping ones heart. So, as my instuctor said, the only way to be near that circuit is with one hand behind your back. That way there is less chance it may go through you heart and stop it (that would be very very bad :(, as in electrocute !) So BE carefull and do not let the current get to you (as in your heart). If you do get a shock, you WILL remember it, that is if your heart is still ticking. I am not saying it is 100 % safe, BUT at least rember the one hand behind your back rule. So you have been warned. Can you tell I value your safety ? All the best Mel > 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 > > - -- Mel Walters (Synergy with Computers) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gpg fingerprint = 314D E737 4589 95A3 ED7B E766 E971 D7E7 1E22 B9F3 http://wecanstopspam.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1hXd6XHX5x4iufMRAp+qAJ9LFw2djUseM5jyQFWOmZYkS5FMVgCffOfT jrXElhznNsULTVUy/9C2IK4= =wKON -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
