Re: Component Salvage - the TV Set

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Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

You have good reason to respect picture tubes.The modern tubes are not as
dangerous as the old hi-vac tubes ,but they will still do you a lot of harm.
I remove the vacuum before I compleatly remove the tube from the set.
    Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:49:52 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Component Salvage - the TV Set
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:02:28 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
 >
 > Robert H wrote:
 >> Matthew: I strip old TV and computer monitors all the time. The picture 
tube
 >> is a dangerous problem if you do not break the vacuum seal in the center of
 >> base of the tube socket. I just use a small phillips screwdriver and tap it
 >> with a heavy tool or pliers to snap off the seal and let it fill with air.
 >> It then is just an old piece of glass to break and throw away like any 
other
 >> broken glass. But rember all broken glass is sharp so be careful and don't
 >> get cut.
 >
 > Thanks Robert - good tip.  I'd been wondering about safe disposal rather
 > than just disposal...  I don't even like carrying them to the trash, safety
 > glasses or no.
 >
 > The only technique I'd come across before was my father's rather eccentric
 > method of putting them in a ditch and shooting the neck with an air rifle!
 > (Surprisingly enough, and this was back in the 70's, on tubes from the 60's
 > and older, never did one implode.  The pellet made a hole and that was 
that.)
 >
 > Cheers
 >
 > M
 >
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 > Matthew Smith
 > Kadina Business Consultancy
 > South Australia
 > http://www.kbc-dot-net.au
 >
 >
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