Damn. Oh Well.

[zenomorp]

Working on restoring a Revolution X. The monitor that was in it came out of a World Class Bowling (based of the screen burn) that was involved in a fire. The tube and chassis were covered in soot and smoke damage. So I decided to try and revive the ol' girl rather than install a replacement, but it didn't go to plan. Fast forward to 12:00 to see what I did. I've cleaned many monitors this way over many years and this one just happened to get away from me. It happens. No great loss. The replacement I had that was slated to go in before I decided to try and bring this one back to life was ready to go, so the project continued on. Not sure why I let go of it, but I'm blaming it on my rapid aging.

 

[mecha]

necking it was the least of your worries. the face had to look scrumptious after smacking the pavement. LOL

I likewise don't clean the tube like that. I generally will just use a microfiber towel to dust it off if I deem it absolutely necessary, but out of all the project games at my last job that maybe happened all of twice.

I was half expecting you to say the aquadag came off when you wiped up.

 

[Hoppy2021]

Thats why always have foam or even thick cardboard in front of the face. You just never know...

The fact it had been in a fire kind of scares me. Carbon dust and soot can get everywhere and effect things. regardless how well you clean things. Not to mention possible temperature shock depending how close it was to active flame. you think caps dry out and leak under normal operations? Just could be setting yourself up for ongoing troubles by trying to recover the parts. Sometimes its just best to cut the losses right from the start and move on. Just my humble expierences from trying to recover things in the past.

 

[zenomorp]

Thats why always have foam or even thick cardboard in front of the face. You just never know...

The fact it had been in a fire kind of scares me. Carbon dust and soot can get everywhere and effect things. regardless how well you clean things. Not to mention possible temperature shock depending how close it was to active flame. you think caps dry out and leak under normal operations? Just could be setting yourself up for ongoing troubles by trying to recover the parts. Sometimes its just best to cut the losses right from the start and move on. Just my humble expierences from trying to recover things in the past.

Yeah, I actually think the heat softened the glass which made it break easier.

 

[Hoppy2021]

Yeah, I actually think the heat softened the glass when made it break easier.

It is possible. you would have gotten some surface road rash for sure, could have been a stone or pebble in just the right spot.

You figure flash over (the point where everything in the room ignites) happens between 930 F-1100 F The ambient air could still have easily been in the 500F + range. Enough to melt solder, start to de laminate traces, crack or severely age the flyback cap for sure. Some monitors run very hot at the best of times, this I fear would just be an ongoing nightmare.

Again, I understand about saving parts, and being frugal. As well as nothing ventured, nothing gained. But do you really want to be taking this chassis and tube out every other month? There comes a time when the orange juice just ain't worth the squeeze any more.

 

[KaBoom1701]

Well... it happens. Lol

Glad you didn't get hurt.