PhoenixStar
Well-known member
To Touch, or Not to Touch? That is the Question...
I consider myself more of an arcade player than I do a repair techie. Of course when you own 8 games in good working order, your luck will run out eventually, and you'll be forced to fix something.
Anyways, I have always been terrified of being a victim of a monitor zap. I was hoping someone could take the time to take an actual picture of the rear of a monitor, and with photoshop clearly label arrows pointing to what's ok to touch while monitor is on/off, what's risky to touch or has potential to zap on/off (via bad ground etc), and definitely do not touch while monitor is on/off. This of course assuming the monitor has not been discharged.
Everytime I acquire a game, I give it a good scrub, lightly vacuum the monitor and it's components on the rear with a plastic hose & brush, and every time I hold my breath and count my chickens.
Also, to settle the story, I was told a monitor cant kill you if you get zapped, because even though it's a painful voltage shock, the amps are not high enough to kill. Is this true, even when the monitor is powered on?
Hopefully this thread could help monitor newbies like myself from being fried. Thanks.
I consider myself more of an arcade player than I do a repair techie. Of course when you own 8 games in good working order, your luck will run out eventually, and you'll be forced to fix something.
Anyways, I have always been terrified of being a victim of a monitor zap. I was hoping someone could take the time to take an actual picture of the rear of a monitor, and with photoshop clearly label arrows pointing to what's ok to touch while monitor is on/off, what's risky to touch or has potential to zap on/off (via bad ground etc), and definitely do not touch while monitor is on/off. This of course assuming the monitor has not been discharged.
Everytime I acquire a game, I give it a good scrub, lightly vacuum the monitor and it's components on the rear with a plastic hose & brush, and every time I hold my breath and count my chickens.
Also, to settle the story, I was told a monitor cant kill you if you get zapped, because even though it's a painful voltage shock, the amps are not high enough to kill. Is this true, even when the monitor is powered on?
Hopefully this thread could help monitor newbies like myself from being fried. Thanks.
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