If it is old enough to be a CRT on not an LCD then there will be a high voltage of a few thousand volts just like a full size CRT. Also the CRT itsself will act as a capacitor so the stored charge there can "bite" you pretty good. Though most of us have been shocked probably more than once, a high voltage does have the potential to cause real harm. Just remember those paddles used to revive people on the hospital/ER/doctor/rescue shows on TV use the same type of capacitor discharged high voltage to start/stop a heart. On Thursday 16 October 2003 5:18 pm, Jennifer Pellinen wrote: > I got a broken camcorder off of ebay and it came > yesterday. the CRT seems to work but because the > camera is broken there was no image, the CRT was lit > up though. The CRT setup has, the CRT, an LED, and a > MIC. it has 8 wires comming off of it. The wires are, > Brown, Red, Orange, yellow, green, white, black and > blue. Both the black and white wires are encased > together in a grey sheath. I haven't opened it up yet > so I don't know whats inside. I don't a proper screw > driver for that. I am probobly going to pick one up > today. The CRT setup has a sticker labeled > "manufactured september 1991. Also there it says > "caution risk of electric shock. do not open." Is > there realy that much of a riks of shock? Is it safe > to handle a bare CRT with power flowing? What other > safety precautions should I worry about? Once I crack > the thing open I suspect it shouldn't be to hard to > isolate the wires for the CRT. Also I might want to > keep the mic on there. But due to weight > considerations I might remove it. I don't know much > about camcorder CRT's asside form the stuff on this > list. I will keep you posted when I crack it open. I > might even take some pics. > > Jennifer Ann Pellinen > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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