LoL why kids shouldnt mess with monitors :)

[RandyT2]

It said in the article that the kid who was killed was trying to "repair" the monitor.

I guess you didn't read the whole thing;

"As soon as Govind tried to test it with the help of tools, he suffered severe electric shock."

 

[ELutz]

Not to get in the middle of this (potential) shit storm.....but I also feel the idiot in the you tube clip had the machine turned on. His kid initially (and clearly) grabbed the neck board. There is nothing on the neck board that can shock you (multiple time, I might add) if the machine/monitor is powered down. With power on.....that's a totally different story.....and it has nothing to do with his knees on the concrete. Dad of the year also told him to grab the suction cup and unhook it........all before deciding to unplug the machine.

I wonder if dad would have still uploaded the video if junior took 20K volts to the hand.

And I do agree with everyone else.......a powered down monitor won't kill you.....it'll just make you cuse.

Edward

 

[MaximRecoil]

I guess you didn't read the whole thing;

I guess you didn't read the whole thing:

"The love for cricket turned tragic when a youth got electrocuted while trying to repair a television set which had developed a snag in Dibiyapur town of Auraiyya district on Saturday."

"At around 11 am, Govind took out an old television set lying in a store room to repair it for witnessing the final between India and Sri Lanka."

"Repair" wins, 2 to 1. In reality, I doubt that whoever wrote the article had any idea what exactly he was trying to do to the monitor when he got electrocuted.

 

[LyonsArcade]

You guys do realize that, while the HV section of a monitor puts out very high voltage, it's also very *low* current. There are two places you can get a nasty wakeup when working on a monitor - the anode cap, and the back of the neckboard (focus pin). Neither of these will kill you. It will definitely hurt like hell though. A bigger danger is actually not the electricity itself, it's what it does to your muscles - making them contract violently. A much bigger danger of injury lies in what the monitor's HV will fling your hand into. You could easily cut your wrist wide open on a metal bracket in the cabinet.

Anyone that works on a lot of monitors/televisions has been bitten once. Yes, even me. I was repairing a computer terminal years ago, and had connected/disconnected the anode several times, discharging it every time (the cable was far too short to see the back of the board while it was connected to the tube). Well, I forgot once. Yup, that hurt. Haven't done it ever again. I've also been bitten by the focus pin on a neckboard, having accidentally brushed my hand against it while adjusting something in a game. Again, it hurts, and it'll remind you always to ensure that the cardboard protector is in place at the back of the neckboard. But in neither case was I killed. And in both cases, looking back... it was pretty funny.

There are lots of doom and gloom warnings out there that blow the danger way out of proportion. Yes, working on monitors is dangerous. Yes, you must be careful. Yes, there is a risk of being very zapped. No, you're probably not going to die. No, it won't throw you across the room. Yes, a tube can retain a charge after discharging - no, it's not very much (feels about like touching a doorknob after shuffling feet on carpet in the winter). You're far more likely to injure yourself by dropping it on your foot.

If you ever manage to kill yourself working on a monitor, send me a PM and let me know how you managed to do it.

-Ian

First, I don't think the dad should have been doing that to his kid, he needs a good ass kicking for it...

with that said, I agree with Ian. I've been shocked many many times by monitors, it's not going to kill you. The last time was a few months ago, I was trying to adjust the focus on a Frogger while the monitor was still in the cabinet, from the front. So I was trying to turn the focus knob on a 4600, and touched all the nasty shit under it instead. Boom Boom pow.

It feels like you just got kicked off a horse when it's really bad, but it's not going to stop your heart or anything.

 

[RandyT2]

I guess you didn't read the whole thing:
"Repair" wins, 2 to 1.

I love a good semantics based argument as much as the next guy, but technically, the adjustment is part of the repair, and you can't do it with the monitor off.

 

[FrizzleFried]

I love a good semantics based argument as much as the next guy, but technically, the adjustment is part of the repair, and you can't do it with the monitor off.

Actually... you can... very slowly and with much frustration (turn off, adjust, turn on, view, turn off, adjust, turn on, view, repeat until happy).

 

[RetroHacker]

First, I don't think the dad should have been doing that to his kid, he needs a good ass kicking for it...
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I didn't watch the video referenced (I don't have Flash installed), but yeah, if he was telling his kid to zap himself on a monitor, that's a really lame thing to do.

Actually... you can... very slowly and with much frustration (turn off, adjust, turn on, view, turn off, adjust, turn on, view, repeat until happy).

Nobody in their right mind would do that.

-Ian

 

[Krusher]

if its the right

If Its the right video which loaded.
He hasn't tried to open it, Just posted what the monitor was doing when turned on.
I posted a comment on the video suggesting a TV shop..
Props for the kid not just poking at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyNGiZHawR0&feature=channel_video_title

 

[Krusher]

wow.

I hope to god this video gets removed.
It's showing many epic failures on a safety level!
and sadly even if a joke there is no joke about how many
people will watch this and think there is "useable" information on
the repair and try it..

and "oh wait let me unplug it" epic parental fail!

Ha, no match for this kid...

 

[MaximRecoil]

I love a good semantics based argument as much as the next guy, but technically, the adjustment is part of the repair, and you can't do it with the monitor off.

Adjustment ≠ testing. Also, adjustment is not necessarily part of a repair. In most cases, adjustments are made to suit personal preferences (brightness, contrast, etc.), not to repair something.

And you can make adjustments with the monitor off, it is just often a less convenient way of doing it.

 

[RandyT2]

Actually... you can... very slowly and with much frustration (turn off, adjust, turn on, view, turn off, adjust, turn on, view, repeat until happy).

I think I would rather be electrocuted

 

[SuperGunGuru]

Actually... you can... very slowly and with much frustration (turn off, adjust, turn on, view, turn off, adjust, turn on, view, repeat until happy).

I have to admit that I did that initially for monitor adjustment because I was super paranoid. Once I bought the set of plastic adjustment tools from Bob, I wasn't nearly as concerned

 

[clutch]

My grandparents' basement had a light switch where the hole in the plate was much larger than the switch. I remember sticking my finger in there by accident a few times. It wasn't fun getting bitten by the light switch. lol! I also remember the lawn mower cutting out because the wire to the spark plug was loose. I tried kicking it further back while the mower was running. Pow!

 

[LyonsArcade]

I think I would rather be electrocuted

I've made that decision many, many, many times, lol.

"Hmm... I should turn it off.... but if I stick a screwdriver reaaaalllllly careffffullllyyyy ZZAAASZXZPPPPP!!P!@!!!!!

 

[OregonPacman]

If that is real, it is very concerning. HV is no laughing matter.

Scott C.

It is indeed. Its nice to have kids help but that is way out of line. Also, I thought he was going to break the neck off that tube twisting the neck board like that.