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Thanks guys. Now I know.

whs said:

What is a "Fire TV" ??

The previous version didn't sell well



A Guy

A Guy said:

whs said:

What is a "Fire TV" ??

The previous version didn't sell well



A Guy

Is this one you had a call for and they said it just needed a quick 5 min. repair ?

Not to take this thread way off topic, but I have only seen one TV in my career that apparently actually burst into flames. Until that TV, I had only heard of sets doing this after a lightning strike. TV's may die and emit some smoke (usually as a resistor or device overheats due to a dead short), but no flames. A Guy

The old CRT TV tubes could knock you on your backside if you touched the flyback lead on the picture tube without discharging it first (don't ask how I know ). The tube acted like a large capacitor.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

The old CRT TV tubes could knock you on your backside if you touched the flyback lead on the picture tube without discharging it first (don't ask how I know ). The tube acted like a large capacitor.

Please share this experience with us.Fellow Geeks need to know the hazards !

Let's just say that one must discharge to ground the potential stored in an old TV picture tube before trying to remove the flyback lead from the side to avoid getting a nasty zap. Those things can hold that charge for days.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Let's just say that one must discharge to ground the potential stored in an old TV picture tube before trying to remove the flyback lead from the side to avoid getting a nasty zap. Those things can hold that charge for days.

So, just how far did this zap send you ?

gregrocker said:

Bill is it true that if you try to work in an unplugged TV you can fry yourself if you touch certain capacitors? Which?

Sure, there is a lot of energy stored in those capacitators. It's best to ground yourself.