Re: Weird problem with WG 19K6100 monitor (LONG)

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots_at_cedar-rapids.net>
Date: Sun Mar 16 2003 - 00:56:26 EST

He didn't do as much as you might think, he had 1600 volts available at
the screen grid, but the CRT would have loaded that down as long as the
guns were trying to draw a beam. He was massively defocused so there
was no damage done other than to give the sparkgaps a workout.

Tony Jones wrote:

>>I wonder how much radiation you exposed yourself to there.
>>
>>
>
>You know I hadn't really thought about that, thanks for making me
>think about it :-(
>
>I'm guessing that pumping 10X the voltage into the brightness circuit
>could probably generate a few extra soft X-Rays .... hmmn.
>
>Tony
>
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