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30 Dec 2000

From: Tony Duell &lt;ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk&gt;

...
   Doesn't
even have an IEC cord set, strictly domestic.  mains come in 
Odd.... 

Not really, domestic low cost version. saves a bit of money.

...
 > Don't have to tell me.  I've been kicked
mor than once by Oscope supplies
...

Yes, I know _you_ know, but this is a public list, and not everyone here
is used to working on high voltage stuff... 

True.  I take it quite seriously.  I was almost Blue Crossed 25 years ago
when someone tried to help me while working on a 500W (output!) VHF
commercial set.  The turkey was thouching me when he reached into the
plate compartment.  We both flew about 12-15ft and he left via ambulence
and if the combined shock and flight didn't hurt him I was going to.  I
was
in some pain for days afterwards.

...
   No, most
monitors these days can stand up without the cover and                              
 ^^^
                                can't ? 

Cant!  confounded editor on this MS box like to go from insert to
overstrike, very annoying.

...
 True. It's often best to put them screen-down to
work on them (and
certainly when removing or refitting the case). Trying to run them 'right
...
 way up' with the case removed is a bad idea most of
the time. 

that's the problem.  though I do have a small carpet square to keep
...
 from scratching the screen. 
...
 In the UK, almost all the circuity in a monitor (and
most TVs for that
matter) is isolated from the power line. There's a 'hot' SMPSU, of
course, but the flyback, video circuitry, etc are all isolated by the
chopper transformer. 

True in this case but many TVs are not.  I have a color set I have
to look at (color skewed to red) that is very unsafe... isolation Xfmer
time.

...
 I've heard that a lot more of the electronics in US
TVs is 'hot'
(compared to what I am used to) -- surely that's not true of monitors as
well.. 

Yes!

...
 That doesn't necessarily mean the capacitors are
still good. Particularly
...
 not with the cheap components used in consumer
electronics. I'd be more
inclined to trust a 20-year-old capacitor from an HP or Tektronix
instrument than a 5-year-old one from a PC monitor. 

No arguement.  We retired a leader LBO505 Oscope as unstable calibration
due to bad caps yet the Tek 316 is still going strong and in calibration!

Allison

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