Re: X-RAYS

Yup.

If you have to wear sunglasses to play and you notice that the paint on
the wall behind you is starting to have a human silhouette forming, well,
you might consider fixing the monitor (or not having kids)..

But by and large it is tough to get to the point of XRay emissions..

There have been a few arcades that I've been in where I've wondered though
based on the brightness and burnin..

Having an HV Probe is a good thing anyway.

Kurt

> In a message dated 5/22/2003 1:23:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
> chris@westnet.com writes:
>
> > A HV probe should do the job nicely. X-Rays are produced by over-voltage
> > of
> > the HV into the tube. As long as that is within spec, there won't be any
> > X-rays produced.
>
> Generally any CRT won't begin to produce X-Rays until the second anode is
> putting out close to 35KV.. All monitors have built in overvoltage protection,
> and in normal operation they all top out at roughtly 20KV, well below the X-Ray
> producing range.. If the overvoltage circuit fails and a monitor does start
> putting out really high voltage, you'll notice it :)
>
> I don't think this is something to really worry about.
>
> Jeff
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Received on Thu May 22 15:48:12 2003