Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: SM124 monichrome monitor problem... Message-ID: <1991Feb2.143519.13305@actrix.gen.nz> Date: 2 Feb 91 14:35:19 GMT References: <1991Jan29.110121.10806@actrix.gen.nz> Sender: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) Organization: Actrix Networks Lines: 46 <1991Jan31.191231.4324@newcastle.ac.uk> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution:world Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand Keywords: Comment-To: A.French@newcastle.ac.uk In article <1991Jan31.191231.4324@newcastle.ac.uk> A.French@newcastle.ac.uk (A. French) writes: > >[stuff deleted] > >But there are some very high voltage capacitors that store a whole hell of > >a lot of charge. Enough so to knock you flat on your arse. Before you > >stick you hand in a monitor ground those caps to bleed off that charge. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Do this with a resistor of suitable dimensions, NOT a screwdriver!! This will > take a chunk out of the screwdriver, not to mention what will happen to you or > the capacitor... > ======================================================================== ======= > = A.French@newcastle.ac.uk | Disclaimer: It wasn't me = > = Andy, The World Famous Poet | = > ======================================================================== ======= The SM 124 Monitor uses a Power Transformer for insulation, Note : the Output Voltage is 11.8 Volts, I don't think that this will Kill any one I have worked on a Few of these monitors, Some of you are getting facts wrong about these monitors, They don't use Switched Mode PSU, so they don't have the High votage that these PSU have, The EHT is 10.5 KV, and this is Fully Insulated...I don't see what is the Problem ??? -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...