Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

Worked on those too, but never had to discharge..
But then, I'm not going to stick my fingers in the obvious.

Mendel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom McClintock" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video


> Except the G05/V2000 monitors which are B&W and do not have the bleed
> resistor. Hence the point to this topic.
>
>
> tm
>
> MyPearl wrote:
> > 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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