I will NOT recommend anyone do this. While tech-ing old Macs in the 90s I was the grounding point for the discharge of the voltage from a 9 inch black and white glass Cathode Ray Tube's flyback transformer.
It was like holding the sparkplug wire from your lawnmower while your friend pulled the starter cord. No major damage. Just surprise. Different people handle high voltages differently. THIS IS N-O-T A CALL TO TRY THIS IN YOUR OWN HOME, LIST MEMBERS..... Jeff ________________________________ From: Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Non -apple hard disk drives. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:49 PM, J.S. Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: DO NOT GET NEAR THE PAPER/ELECTRIC PLUG ON THE BACK OF THE PICTURE TUBE. Oh, it only throws you across the room, blacks you out for a few seconds, and leaves your fingers oddly numb for a few hours . . . Not that I ever found myself slumped against the couch on the other side of the office with the staff suddenly there after reaching in, figuring that I'd disconnected the back of the tube, and it bizarrely slipping my mind that the HV is on the sides . . . No, not me. And I suppose it could really do bad things to a pacemaker . . . and might just plain be bad for a heart . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
