Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!jvt From: jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: SM124 monichrome monitor problem... Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 12:43:50 GMT References: <1991Jan24.221801.13560@convex.com> <1991Jan29.110121.10806@actrix.gen.nz> Sender: isode@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Isode Hackers) Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 24 In article <1991Jan29.110121.10806@actrix.gen.nz> Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes: >Well if the Monitors that I have touched had that sort of voltage I >should have been dead many times, The Voltage in a Monitor is not that >Dangerous, it only supplies about 500ua, and the Votage in a Colour >monitors is about 25KV, and about 12KV in a Mono Monitor, the safe bet >it to allways put one hand in your pocket, the High Votage in the >monitors, is fully insulated, so there no real problem... There is a saying "Its the volts that jolts but the mils that kills". Don't trash safety advice. That saying only holds true for a normal healthy adult. High voltage working is not for the uninitated who may not understand the risks. My advice is simple: if you do not know where the risks are either do not touch or enlist the help of someone who does. Don't get him to do it though as you will not learn for the next time. John. -- John Trickey || ..!mcsun!ukc!axion!its G4REV @ GB7SUT Voice: +44 21 333 3369 #include