RE: New XY Monitors

I'm sure there is a way around it, but this is just what I was told by the
man from Hantarex. They have to have type approval for the volumes that they
make.

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> From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of solarfox@texas.net
> Sent: 11 November 2000 19:38
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: New XY Monitors
>
>
> On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:47:29 EST, you wrote:
>
> >> If I were to make some XY monitor get well kits that require
> mucking around
> >> with the tube and stuff, then I'm liable for any damage you cause to
> >> yourself. It doesn't matter what I get you to sign to say I'm
> not liable,
>
> >I don't think this is necessarilly true. I remember reading one
> court case
> >where some idiot tried to sue Sharp because they got juiced
> trying to adjust
> >a monitor with an uninsulated screwdriver. As long as the
> monitor has the
> >appropriate warnings (and as long as the manufacturer has a
> decent legal
> >dept.) they should be covered. The analogy the Sharp defense
> used was "This
> >case gets thrown out of court if the plaintiff got burned on a
> hot stove..."
>
>
> Indeed - there must be _some_ way around this; otherwise, magazines
> like Radio-Electronics wouldn't dare publish articles on building tesla
> coils, plasma-ball "lightning" displays, and the like...
>
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