Bonecollektor
Shared on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 22:03Compared to yesterday today was like a small piece of heaven. I was able to accomplish quite a bit around the house and still managed to get in some time to myself. Not to mention I had Chipotle for lunch!
So on to the title of this blog. I decided to go ahead and pull the monitor from the Altered Beast cabinet and remove the chassis board from the bottom and start getting it preped for the parts that are on the way. I followed the instructions for discharging the monitor and everything went smooth. Not even a single pop or crackle (if you don't know what I'm talking about here's a link). So anyway, after feeling comfortable enough to start pulling the remaining harnesses and neck board I noticed there were 2 white wires coming from the CRT that were soldered to a resistor and then over to a couple of quick disconnect pins on the board. I labeled them and disconnected them. I was writing some info down on the remaining wiring leaning in with a flashlight to read some labels on the PCB when.....BANG!!! HOLY SHIT! WTF WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?! One of the white connectors managed to role over in just the right way and even though the connector was insulated it hit a grounding prong that was just long enough to reach the metal connection on the inside. WOW. My heart was running 90 miles an hour! I'm still not sure what happened but, I'm guessing the anode discharged. I don't know yet. One thing is for sure I'm going to do some more research and figure out what the hell happened so I don't make that mistake again. For some reason 29,000 volts doesn't seem like it would be much fun to touch.
Like I said, at least I didn't poop myself.
- Bonecollektor's blog
- Log in or register to post comments
Comments
Submitted by Biznass on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 22:17
Submitted by Automan21k on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 09:32
Submitted by Claude505 on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 09:47
Submitted by Bonecollektor on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:02
Submitted by Automan21k on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:58
Submitted by Fish66 on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 15:28
Submitted by Bonecollektor on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 22:10