Re: Questions about monitor discharging....

Maybe in the US you guy do that but here in the UK you would be crazy to
leave anything plugged in and work on it, for the sake of pulling out a
plug. I know it has nothing to do with the CRT charge I wasn't trying to
imply that it did I just think it is very bad practice to leave it in!
"Matt" <gamefixer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:NqudneKCLdlvECTeRVn-oA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If your that paranoid, unplug it. I'm not that worried about getting
> zapped by house current. In the end it doesn't matter. The game is safe if
> you have it switched off. Besides, were talking about discharging a
> monitor. Having it plugged into the wall makes no difference to the
> monitor if you have power pulled from it.
>
>
> "simon hanlon" <simonjhanlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dpbsvq$aj6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wouldn't it just be easier to unplug it, a friend of mine was fixing a
>> cut lawn mower power cable with it plugged in. His mum came home and
>> thought she was switching the washing machine on! 240v to both
>> hands...now that hurts!
>>
>>
>
>


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