Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

There is REALLY REALLY no need to buy yourself that thing. It is Only good
to measure HV when adjusting a (new) HV power supply.

ALL Vector monitors have HV Xformers that have a HV bleed resistor BUILT
IN... There are no exceptions. :)

You furthermore only need to work on the deflection board, which is very
high-voltage un-related.

Just take the deflection board out to do a capkit, check the transistors or
whatever you want to do with it.

They always makes me laugh, these dreaded HV CAN KILL YOU (vector monitor
related) warnings :)
Must be because I'm in Europe and we think that is SOOOOO Us of A. ;). Here,
we just take the bugger out and fix it.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sir Poonga" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video


> I know Peter said you don't need to discharge the monitor, but everyone
else
> I talk to says to.
>
> As Peter put it "you dont need to discharge monitors unless your clumsy or
> stupid", add to that if you don't know what you are doing.  I obviously
> don't know what I am doing otherwise I would not have posted to this list.
> So I am going to discharge it for my own safety.
>
> Alright, making the discharge screwdriver resistor thing is neat, but I'd
> rather have the right tool already made if it is affordable.  I checked
ebay
> for HV probe and prices range from $10 to $500.  So the question is what
do
> I need, what's the difference in price?
>
> If it is one that is in the $10-$50 I would rather have the right tool
than
> make one.  If for $10 I might as well, otherwise it's going to cost $3 for
> 10 100k resistors, wire, and aligator clip at radioshack.  If I made my
own
> I'd go the Bob Roberts route and grind the screwdriver so the wire had a
> good place to clip onto, currently I don't have an extra screwdriver I'd
do
> that too so I'd have to buy it.  So, if the $10 HV probe is all I need I
> might as well go that route.
>
>
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