CRT implosions

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, J.C. Wren wrote: Generally good information. What you should impart from this is that you probably shouldn't worry about a CRT imploding (but exercise prudent caution always of course). "If I was handling these things in such a way as to have the possibility of dropping one, I'd insist on body armor and face protection. And if it involves a picture tube, I insist on competent trained professionals for service." I work with CRTs all day on some days (unfortunately) and once in a while a monitor or TV will fall off the pallet I'm stacking, from heights of anywhere from a couple feet to 6-7 feet. In most cases, the case gets cracked up pretty bad but the CRT remains intact. If anything does break, it's usually the neck or stem, and you can hear the hiss of the air rushing into the back of the tube: nothing to worry about there. On rare occasions, the TV or monitor falls flat on its face, and that usually means get out the broom and dustpan to sweep up the shattered shards of glass, but always within the confines of a small pile no larger than the size of the CRT itself; glass does NOT go shooting off in all directions. Basically, I'm generally in awe of the durability of CRTs. I've dropped bare CRTs before and they tend to just bounce. I've dropped monitors that then continue to work just fine. So unless you're doing something really weird, fixing the delamination issue on affected CRTs should be a nominally safe endeavour. "Conclusion: According to my experience, spectacular picture tube implosions are something like cars in movies that explode upon roll-over, hitting a tree or driving down the cliffs: an urban legend." I concur. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]