Degaussing with Cordless drill?

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I have a monitor that has some purple on the right side, so I had a few people on here tell me I can use a cordless drill to degauss it. I have a Black & Decker 14.4v drill I tried this with. When I get the drill going and I get close to the screen nothing really happens unless i turn the drill so the side is facing the screen, then I get the distortion and the purple goes away, that is until I move the drill away from the screen.

Maybe my tube cant be degaussed? The monitor looks great other wise, so i would like to get rid of this blotch. I also noticed the purple will move around depending on the orientation, I guess this is normal....i need to get a coil i suppose. Any thoughts?
 
Glad it worked for you.

Cordless drills have DC motors (as they have batteries for power); corded drills, running off mains AC power, generate mo' magnetic field for your degaussing enjoyment.
 
My DK cocktail was pretty bad when I got it, and I used a strong refrigerator magnet and got it looking really good. I started in the center and went around in circles until I got past the edge.
 
Still better than spending $50 on a deguasser.

You can also *make* a degaussing coil for little or no money. It works a lot better than the drill does. Although, people on KLOV do seem to love buying special tools rather than working with what they have. :)

All color monitors and televisions have built in degaussing coils. They're powered through a thermistor and fire when the set is turned on from being cold. They're only on for a very short period of time, and therefore only clean up the minor effects of moving a monitor in relation to the Earth's magnetic field.

So, to make your own handheld degaussing coil, simply scavenge the degaussing coil out of a junked large screen direct view television set - something like a 27". The coil will be very obvious - it's mounted all around the edges of the picture tube. While you're scavenging the coil, cut the power cord off the set. Take your scavenged coil - which will be quite a large ring - and coil it up smaller, to about 7" or so in diameter. Secure it into the smaller ring with electrical tape. Cut the connector off the coil and splice it onto the power cord from the TV. For extra points, add an inline power switch - like the kind you'd use to turn on a lamp from it's cord.

Instant degaussing coil!

-Ian
 
i bet that looks pretty funny standing there revving up the drill passing it in circles around the monitor. Still better than spending $50 on a deguasser.

I was trying with the cordless drill a few weeks ago, my wife's friend was over and she was like WTF are you doing? Drilling the air!????
 
I made one of these, but one thing I added was a light bulb and socket inline to cut down on the power going to the coil. I found it would start to melt the wrap in a matter of a few seconds. Here's the guideline I used.
http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/OscarControls/degauss/index.shtml
You can also *make* a degaussing coil for little or no money. It works a lot better than the drill does. Although, people on KLOV do seem to love buying special tools rather than working with what they have. :)

All color monitors and televisions have built in degaussing coils. They're powered through a thermistor and fire when the set is turned on from being cold. They're only on for a very short period of time, and therefore only clean up the minor effects of moving a monitor in relation to the Earth's magnetic field.

So, to make your own handheld degaussing coil, simply scavenge the degaussing coil out of a junked large screen direct view television set - something like a 27". The coil will be very obvious - it's mounted all around the edges of the picture tube. While you're scavenging the coil, cut the power cord off the set. Take your scavenged coil - which will be quite a large ring - and coil it up smaller, to about 7" or so in diameter. Secure it into the smaller ring with electrical tape. Cut the connector off the coil and splice it onto the power cord from the TV. For extra points, add an inline power switch - like the kind you'd use to turn on a lamp from it's cord.

Instant degaussing coil!

-Ian
 
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