Comments on: Gotta Do Something With That Old CRT

By: just another person commenting on how much you FAILED

just another person commenting on how much you FAILED — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:40:23 +0000

your LOL CAT has arrived.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:13:30 +0000

I posted above about this. I’m a A+ Certified Computer Technician. Even in my training we did not take apart monitors. They are DEADLY! Serious! You can be killed from doing something like this. Only someone trained in working with them with the proper tools should even attempt to open one.

By: Buckett

Buckett — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:59:02 +0000

Anybody else see the fact that the inside top of the case is charred a bit?

By: shkoalrac

shkoalrac — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:25:37 +0000

now u tell that crt arent nature friendly

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:40:14 +0000

This is very very dangerous. Please do not do this. A Cathode Ray Tube holds a very high voltage even a long time after it is unplugged and powered off. Only highly trained people should attempt to open one up.

Here is some information about it
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=759704&seqNum=2

Please stay safe.

By: Is this REALLY fixed?

Is this REALLY fixed? — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:19:06 +0000

Personally, I don’t know whether the cat’s ON the screen or if it’s IN the screen.

By: George

George — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:12:06 +0000

Some professions just use leather gloves and a light bulb in a socket. It’s called a capacitor-forming-tool. You touch one wire from the light socket to the metal chassis of the monitor, and push the other one up under the insulating boot of the big wire attached to the picture tube. If it’s charged, the bulb should show you the progress of the discharge, by lighting up and then dimming until dead. With gloves still on, pull the big wire off of the picture tube and touch it to many mental things in the case. Then tear the sucker apart and send the unwanted parts to your community recycling center. The tool is standard equipment for those that work with monitors and power supplies.

By: Indrek

Indrek — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:19:27 +0000

Pretty nice spot. Original idea.
And we just threw those away at the office. Should have given to the shelter atleast.

By: Chrono

Chrono — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:27:51 +0000

They should make oversized gutted monitors for dog beds. Terracycle should actually mass-produce these!

By: Fede

Fede — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:19:44 +0000

good for the cat it was not LCD