RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] cheap monitors?

["Spurling, Shannon " <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yeah, sparks! Big ones too. I've heard of people burnning the ends off
screwdrivers with them.

Shannon

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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Sent: 3/4/01 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] cheap monitors?

Aaron Littich wrote:
> 
> That "WARNING THERE ARE HIGH VOLTAGES
> > INSIDE YOUR MONITOR!!!  BE VERY, VERY AFRAID!!!"
> label means all you have to do is look out for large
> capacitors. You can make it safe by discharging them,
> which you cand do by just shorting them out. That
> neutralizes the charge stored on the plates.
> 

Won't that make a big spark?  (I did have a similar experience
once when I was pulling a broken camera apart.)


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