5 Oct
2005
5 Oct
'05
2:17 a.m.
On04 Oct 2005 20:39:39 -0400 Bill Pechter <pechter at gmail.com> wrote:
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An uncontrolled failure could be different. I've seen one old 1960
vintage tv blow up and the glass was retained by a plastic or glass
sheet across the black and white tube.
Never saw anything like a real accident, though.
Bill
In the mid 50s they used to show on TV a tape of a ball on a string
launched into the face of an unprotected CRT. The neck proceeded
through the faceplate and embedded in a 1/2" piece of plywood.
Definitely made one careful when playing with the old sets.
CRC
5 Oct
5 Oct
4:34 p.m.
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, CRC wrote:
In the mid 50s they used to show on TV a tape of a
ball on a string
launched into the face of an unprotected CRT. The neck proceeded
through the faceplate and embedded in a 1/2" piece of plywood.
Definitely made one careful when playing with the old sets.
Yes, but being TV, had they filled the tube with propane and ignited it?
http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/1993/03a.html
9:50 p.m.
When I was young and TV's had round-faced CRT's and a sheet of glass in front of
the tube face, we used to dispose of them by placing one in a galvanized garbage can and
throwing a hammer or some other heavy object from a safe distance.. Did the trick. :)
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