CRTs have circuits that USUALLY discharge them when you shut down. If there is a spark it USUALLY won't hurt you badly. Every once in a while though CRTs can bite big time. Even if it doesn't kill you, it could kill your motherboard, video board, or the CRT itself, depending on what you happen to be leaning against when it sparks.
Yes, you can work on a CRT without taking precautions. But the precautions don't take too much effort so why risk it?
Douglas Aalseth Shoreview, MN
On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 07:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/20/03 1:16:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not that all people are as resistant to it, but I'm once again living proof,
emphasis on living, that the CRT incident may not be as terribly deadly as
many have reported.
Glad to hear about your not being injured, but aren't your comments a little
like saying "I was in a car accident, but I did not die, therefore Car
Accidents are not as dangerous as the news people say?" ;-)
Not trying to FLAME ya, but I think the main goal is to avoid ANY CRT incidents, deadly ot not...
I know, myself, THIS LIST SAVED MY Beautiful Bronze B*tt(!) when a few months
ago, I happened to e-mail the list about a monitor I was planning to
ignorantly open up... I had NO IDEA of the dangers of CRT.
Had I not asked the list for help (and it was little more than a afterthought!) I might not have been as lucky/blessed as U were...
Craig W.
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