7 Dec
1999
7 Dec
'99
1:05 a.m.
In article <m11v9t8-000IyJC@p850ug1>, Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes
c) Place the CRT outside, put a couple of old coats
over it and throw a
hammer at it (!).
I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for any injury caused by trying the above, BTW!!!
Modern CRTs can't violently implode, but it's still wise to take care.
I have included the caveat in the quote for obvious reasons. A master
at my old school used to break up old CRTs by _gently_ tapping at the
base of the neck with the ball of a hammer. This created a small hole
to release the vacuum.
It looked dangerous to me so I used the 'blanket and brick' approach as
in (c) above or put the tube in a dustbin and crouched down beside the
bin and used a hammer to knock off the neck keeping the bin between me
and the CRT.
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Regards
Pete