Re: Apple //c monitor - tilted?!

["Liam Busey" <buseyl@yahoo.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Liam Busey asked:
>
> >"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> <snip>
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> >> In fact, it is quite unlikely to get into trouble working on a CRT
monitor
> >> if you follow standard, simple precautions.
>
> <snip>
>
> >Michael, I've heard that you should always use an isolation transformer
when
> >working on a live TV. Is that over cautious for a relatively minor
> >adjustment?
>
> That is a good precaution only if the monitor/set is of the "hot chassis"
> variety, which has not been made in the U.S. since the 1970's.
>
> Virtually all monitors/TV sets made recently use transformers, either
> straight off the AC line or in a switching power supply.
>
> You can easily verify that an older chassis is "cold" by gently
"caressing"
> it with the back of your fingers--if you feel a "buzzing", the chassis
> is hot.  Reversing the AC plug will then make the chassis "cold".


Thanks Michael,

it looks my information was dated. I've got a couple of monitors that I've
been meaning to adjust but have never gotten around to for lack of said
transformer. This could be interesting.

- Liam