4 Apr
2012
4 Apr
'12
10:58 a.m.
There was a jest, cleaerly recognised as such, in
at least one
service manual years ago. When it came to fitting the yoke to the
CRT, the instructions were soemthing like 'Tighten the clamp until
the CRT implodes, then back of 1/4 of a turn' :-).
Heh. I suppose you could take it as a filter: if you take that
instruction seriously, you have no business even taking the cover off the unit. (Unfortunately there's no way to make
it actually prevent
you from....)
Thankfully... The last think I (or anyone else here) needs are
manufacturers thginking they should eb able to stop us repairing things.
A lot of the repairs I, and others, do are certainly not going to be
approved by the origianl manufacturer (they're not dangerous, or
unrelaible, I might add...)
This is very much something you should only
attmept if you know what
you are doing.
My father used to test lightbulb sockets for liveness by sticking his
finger in them to see if he got a tingle between base and side.
It is possible to do this safely. It is also possible to kill yourself
attempting it. So I would never recommend it; anyone who understands
electricity enough to do it safely doesn't need the recommendation, and
anyone who doesn't is better off without it.
Agreed. People who have been 'in the game' for some time know safe ways
to do thigns that could be lethal if done wronging. It is a bad idea to
teach such tricks IMHO, you have to discover them for yourself. Only that
way will you know how ot do them safely under all conditions, becuase you
really understnad what you are doing.
-tony