What did VGA monitor emit?

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article <0tgaa55qbparmrpdtdecab0hrradu6eao1@4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@cruzio.com> writes

They might melt and produce a plastic smell, but nothing
comparable to the cloud of smog produced by an electrolytic.

I've seen it happen. Several times. You clearly haven't.

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[Michael A. Terrell]

PeterD wrote:

On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:46:11 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:


Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:29:10 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Repairing it was easy enough, but
explaining the hole in the case to the customer was a bit awkward.

You didn't tell them you needed the hole to get the new part in?

I don't remember what lies I told the customer. At the time, I was
working at a camera and hi-fi repair shop in Santa Monica CA. Most of
the work was outsourced warranty repairs for an assortment of tape
recorder manufacturers. We also took in non-warranty repairs, such as
this TV. I plugged it in, went off somewhere, and then went to work
on the set. It was showing a picture, but with plenty of hum bars and
buzz from the speaker. I made a mental note to look at the power
supply. As I was reaching for the on/off switch, the screen blanked
out. I hesitated for about 5 seconds, which was when the cap blew. I
just stood there like an idiot, while the other techs dived for cover.
Burning confetti and oil smog filled the shop. I did manage to turn
off the set, which was rather useless as the fuse had blown. The rest
was cleaning up the mess and getting the smelly oil out of my hair.

Replacing 2 electrolytics and some dubious parts fixed the TV.
However, there was still the hole in the case. I elected to leave it
because I didn't have replacment case parts. Managment did what
management does best (avoiding responsibility) and stuck me with the
job of explaining the hole to the customer. I was about 18 years old
at the time and did an impressive job of acting like an idiot. I
don't remember what lies I offered but I do recall that they didn't
work very well. So, I later glued a different colored piece of
plastic (or bakelite) cut from a dead TV case into the hole. The
customer was still grumbling, but paid the bill.


Bondo & spray paint.

Way overkill, duct tape would work just fine.

Only for amateurs.


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[propman]

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

PeterD wrote:


Bondo & spray paint.
Way overkill, duct tape would work just fine.


Only for amateurs.

Red Green is certainly no amateur! ;-)

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

propman wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
PeterD wrote:


Bondo & spray paint.
Way overkill, duct tape would work just fine.


Only for amateurs.



Red Green is certainly no amateur! ;-)

No, he is a pro at screwing things up.


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[JB]

"Mike Tomlinson" <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
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In article <0tgaa55qbparmrpdtdecab0hrradu6eao1@4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann
jeffl@cruzio.com> writes

They might melt and produce a plastic smell, but nothing
comparable to the cloud of smog produced by an electrolytic.

I've seen it happen. Several times. You clearly haven't.

I saw it with my own Viewsonic that I had to add caps across the line to

knock down the RFI from it. One went Blooooeee 4 years later. Anything
that smokes plastic or chars the board will stink the place up. The
degaussing circuit interacts with the line too.

 

[JB]

"David Nebenzahl" <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in message
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On 9/7/2009 10:54 AM Jeff Liebermann spake thus:

Replacing 2 electrolytics and some dubious parts fixed the TV.
However, there was still the hole in the case. I elected to leave it
because I didn't have replacment case parts. Managment did what
management does best (avoiding responsibility) and stuck me with the
job of explaining the hole to the customer. I was about 18 years old
at the time and did an impressive job of acting like an idiot. I
don't remember what lies I offered but I do recall that they didn't
work very well. So, I later glued a different colored piece of
plastic (or bakelite) cut from a dead TV case into the hole. The
customer was still grumbling, but paid the bill.

"Goddamn pimple-faced kid punched a goddamn *hole* in my teevee!"

Gee in HS electronics we used to wire up caps backwards in another guys

project or wire a small choke across the Bench power supply to see if anyone
was quick enough to yank all the wires out. Great fun.

One guy did that and when the instructor was overlooking as it was powered
up, wound up with a welt in his chest from the electrolytic.