Coming In From the Cold · Feb 25, 10:53 PM
Have you ever read a warning about not using electrical equipment after bringing it from a cold environment to a warm one?
I was trying to fix a PC for a friend (often this means running up the PC and reinstalling the software). I had to power up the PC and to do that without disrupting the other PCs at home, I had to find a monitor.
I had a spare CRT monitor in the garage, so I brought it in. It was a reasonably good quality Dell branded one. In it’s day it probably was a prized piece of equipment. These days there are cheaper and much more attractive flat screen monitors.
At the first attempt to use it, it made an impressive cracking noise, so I turned it off quickly then reached for the camera. Here’s the result:
Even after a session with a hairdrier, and plenty of time to be allowed to come to room temperature, it still made the arcing sound. It was an ex monitor. I know how to open this monitor — but I didn’t dare, not with children about. Instead, I took it to the tip before my curiosity got the better of me.
So… That’s what you get up to whilst I’m at work, is it?!!
— Julie Feb 27, 08:28 PM #