28 Dec
2005
28 Dec
'05
10:51 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:04:49 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
On Wednesday 28 December 2005 00:09, Jim Leonard
wrote:
I imploded a defective iMac CRT about a month ago. I put it in a
heavy duty contractor bag first, then hammered the face through
the bag. It imploded, alright. The glass was reduced to little
bits, like automobile safety glass.
Scott Stevens wrote:
If by 'implode', you mean that you'll break the tip off the tube, and
it'll fill up with air, in a rather anti-climatic and uneventful
fashion, yes.
I really doubt you could implode the CRT by accidentally hitting that
board, unless you were using a sledge hammer or something...
Pat It's VERY important to be careful inside the
Mac once the cover is
off. It's extremely easy to snap the glass nipple on the CRT and
ruin it. Apple in their infinite wisdom put a circuit board on
the back of the neck to act as a 'torque amplifier' for this
purpose. Just bumping the board wrong can let all the 'magic
vacuum' out of your CRT.
Geez -- so is that the board I see at the top of the tube in this
picture:
http://modeltrain.com/mac/se30/6.jpg
I bump that board and the tube will implode? 
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