I just spilled the remains of a can of coca cola into the top of a crt monitor.. its image near immediatly blacked out. I turned it off and unplugged it. then got a spare crt out of the closet.

yeah. it was stupid to have half a can of coke on top of a crt, but is there any hope for it? its currently draining out of the bottom, but the case seems sealed shut, no screw holes or anything. I've heard there is a fairly incredible amount of voltage stored inside a crt, but I was hoping to open it and atleast wipe it off.

should I trash it, or will it be alright once it dries out? I would think the coke residue would cause issues.. and it is an 8 year old monitor

planned to eventually get an lcd anyhow, just not yet..

6/16/2006 12:09:24 AM

this is a joke, that is the assumption

6/16/2006 12:11:47 AM

sorry. wish it was a joke, was a nice monitor

6/16/2006 12:12:44 AM

haha no way

this crt is trash - did you see any exciting sparks or smoke?

6/16/2006 12:13:19 AM

do not open it and stick your fingers in there.

DO NOT

6/16/2006 12:13:21 AM

It's easy, just open it up, but be careful. Rub your feet on the carpet in the wintertime to be sure there's no charge on you. Wipe it off (plugged in is OK) and re-seal it.

should be golden

6/16/2006 12:14:14 AM

rofl


[Edited on June 16, 2006 at 12:16 AM. Reason : .]

6/16/2006 12:15:46 AM

heh. thanks

figgured it was toast

nope. no smoke, no sparks. if there was I wouldnt have bothered posting, as that would be a sure sign of ruin..

6/16/2006 12:15:54 AM

since neon hasn't posted yet in this thread, allow me to be the first to call you goddamn moron

6/16/2006 12:24:26 AM

he knows 95% just wanted reassurance, i'll give him some credit

6/16/2006 12:25:31 AM

^^ ROFL

6/16/2006 12:27:31 AM

Let him stick his fingers back there, Darwin will have his point proven.

6/16/2006 12:49:36 AM

Quote :

"I've heard there is a fairly incredible amount of voltage stored inside a crt, but I was hoping to open it and atleast wipe it off. should I trash it, or will it be alright once it dries out? I would think the coke residue would cause issues.. and it is an 8 year old monitor planned to eventually get an lcd anyhow, just not yet.."

As long as you dont try to pull the cap off the CRT tube, it should be fine. As long as you didn't hear any popping or hissing or smoke coming from the thing, it might very well be alright with a rubdown of alcohol and an overnight dryout.

Most CRT's have the screws either hidden under stickers/feet/labels, or are under the swivel base. Another common thing is having compression latches joining the front bezel with the rear, if that's the case then you can pop it open with a sharp flathead screwdriver.

Quote :

"since neon hasn't posted yet in this thread, allow me to be the first to call you goddamn moron"

While it was dumb to drop Coke on it, accidents happen, and at least he is asking a question with at least some background thought put into it.

6/16/2006 1:11:55 AM

Quote :

"As long as you dont try to pull the cap off the CRT tube, it should be fine."

ROFL dude...I am not gonna argue with you, but that's kinda dumb.

There's lotsa very high potential outside the CRT tube.

6/16/2006 1:13:40 AM

If its a regular CRT monitor, the BIG danger is the flyback transformer, which is firmly attached to the CRT housing



If you avoid touching any part of it, you are pretty well safe if the monitor's off and unplugged.

^BTW douche how many CRT innards have you been all up inside? I'm going to guess 0.

6/16/2006 1:17:49 AM

I am an electrical engineer...let's leave it at that.

6/16/2006 1:18:40 AM

I've repurposed and repaired about 15 CRT monitors. Let's leave it at that.

6/16/2006 1:21:21 AM

roadside technicians fix 40 tvs a day in my hometown.

Doesn't mean a thing.

Like I said...I won't argue.

6/16/2006 1:24:15 AM

gargs---about being an EE:
Just because you might be a structural engineer doesn't mean that you know how to pour concrete. The same applies here...

6/16/2006 1:30:30 AM

no but it does mean you know the principles behind the applications

6/16/2006 1:34:29 AM

MY DICK IS BIGGER THAN YOURS!

6/16/2006 2:34:34 AM

"Because I make more money than you!"

6/16/2006 2:58:36 AM

make no mistake, ya'll are certainly representitive of our engineering school

6/16/2006 6:43:45 AM

you will be fine.

touch anything inside you want, just dont do it with it powered

6/16/2006 7:35:08 AM

happend to me in higschool, it feel off the hutch over the CTR and poured into it. Left it off and unplugged for 2 days and it came back without a hitch.

Ohh yea i didnt open it, and its run for about 6 years since this happened.

[Edited on June 16, 2006 at 12:40 PM. Reason : dd]

6/16/2006 12:39:32 PM

Quote :

"touch anything inside you want, just dont do it with it powered "

lmfao


note* he did not specify that a CRT isn't without power once you unplug it.



Let's try not to send this guy to the ER.

6/16/2006 1:06:57 PM

I have a bit more common sense than to go poking around with my fingers thanks for the confidence

I found the screws, they were semi-hidden under plastic bits. took off the casing, cleaned the metal cage HP put over everything, declined to take off the cage, and put it back together. left overnight. just plugged it back up and everything seems to be fine. I know there's some residue left down in there, but its dry and eh.. If it aint broke..

thanks..

6/16/2006 2:33:05 PM

6/17/2006 7:50:53 PM

Quote :

"happend to me in higschool, it feel off the hutch over the CTR and poured into it. Left it off and unplugged for 2 days and it came back without a hitch. Ohh yea i didnt open it, and its run for about 6 years since this happened. "

Civic TYPE R??? Shouldn't this be in Garage?

6/18/2006 11:29:00 AM

i see what you did there.

6/18/2006 11:32:36 AM

Quote :

"since neon hasn't posted yet in this thread, allow me to be the first to call you goddamn moron"

its amazing how many people get his name wrong. can't blame them, i thought the same for months.

6/19/2006 12:05:10 PM

its like i do it intentionally or something, huh?

6/19/2006 12:32:19 PM

lawls

6/19/2006 12:34:44 PM

Quote :

"no but it does mean you should know the principles behind the applications"

now it is right

6/19/2006 3:42:27 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2765347137925510179&q=torture

6/19/2006 4:08:43 PM

4^ of course you do

6/20/2006 10:03:07 AM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=345198

of course i do

6/20/2006 10:04:44 AM