Steve makes long form CRT-focused YouTube videos. Repairs and mods and lore for all manufacturers. He will teach you the forbidden jutsu that might just help you fix your CRT and avoid getting hurt in the attempt.

  • Cypher@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    The channel probably has warnings but DO NOT touch anything inside your CRT unless you know what you’re doing.

    The capacitors can kill you years after the TV was last plugged in.

    • ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca
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      23 hours ago

      I remember being warned about that back in the 90s not to fuck with your TV and get a technician of something goes wrong.

    • Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 day ago

      CRTs are a bit like microwave ovens in that regard. Maybe not DBC (death by capacitor) but they are one of the very few consumer electronics that can kill you before you hit the ground

    • TimeNaan@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      They can’t really kill you but they can give you a nasty shock. Source: have been shocked that way by a unplugged CRT.

      Deadly would be touching it while it’s plugged in and turned on.

      • Cypher@aussie.zone
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        1 day ago

        That depends on the CRT and I’d rather people err on the side of caution than someone wind up dead fiddling with an old tv.