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<A title=stevehodge@gmail.com href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com">Steve
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 25, 2008 4:21
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] OT - Life
without MythTV</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Bill Omer <<A
href="mailto:bill.omer@gmail.com">bill.omer@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=Ih2E3d><BR>On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 12:35 -0700, Brian Wood
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Ih2E3d>> You really should measure the high voltage after a
flyback<BR>> replacement, but I suspect you do not have a voltmeter
designed for<BR>> upwards of 20K volts.<BR>><BR><BR></DIV>I've read
50kV. Deadly ... easily. By far not a safe project
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<DIV>Voltage is only part of the story and you can't draw any conclusions
about the lethality of the situation without knowing the current involved. But
I agree that safety is paramount and I wouldn't take something like this on
without being extremely careful.<BR><BR>Steve<BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
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</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=2> CRTs have the
ability to act like a capacitor and store the charge when unplugged and rebuilds
the charge after discharge if it has been subjected to high voltage for a
long time though I've never known one not to rebuild some
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