Re: monitor gone fuzzy

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@kennedym.demon.co.uk>]

In article <0ujjmtcrrh5k007n02m4tcnjs3tv0lqohs@4ax.com>, Victor
<lights@onr.com> writes
>On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:48:19 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Another caution.  You have to be nuts to fool around with the inside of a
>>computer monitor -- or tv.  Dead is dead (you, not the monitor); the
>>voltages are way high.
>
>High voltage is nothing to be concerned about. When you shuffle your
>feet across the carpet and discharge yourself on a doorknob or an
>unsuspecting victim, you are dealing with thousands of volts.
>It is current that is the killer.

True enough, but with the resistance of the human body you need a high
voltage to pass significant current through it and there are enough
elements in the back of a monitor that are more than capable of
delivering lethal current levels.  Many designs still use live chassis
systems - if you don't know what you are doing or what precautions to
take then it is certainly much safer to do nothing and leave the job to
someone who does.
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
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