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Title: degausing ??? can you use
Post by: Thenasty on August 26, 2004, 01:08:29 pm

I had a broken Arcade Monitor and I have it thrown away. But before I threw it out, I took out the degausing unit around the monitor. Can you make something so you can use it as your degausing tool ? What power does it require ?

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: Darkstalker on August 26, 2004, 01:25:05 pm

Well, for a professional grade degausing coil I think you'd be better of just buying one.  Considering I doubt you want to get into TV repair, I think you are better off shielding your CRTs or buying new ones than trying to mess around with degausers IMO.

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: Bgnome on August 26, 2004, 02:19:08 pm

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/degauss/index.shtml

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: whammoed on August 26, 2004, 02:20:37 pm

Oscars site has all the info you should need:
http://www.oscarcontrols.com/degauss/index.shtml

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: MonitorGuru on August 26, 2004, 02:40:11 pm

Check the monitor forum (where this post should be/will likely be moved to) for info. I just posted a long reply about how to use a beefy soldering gun or bulk tape eraser to do the same thing.

Duty cycles on monitors/tv's are typically one use (not second) per every 20 minutes. However each manufacturer may be different.  The typical on time is about 3-4 seconds, not 1 second.

Oscar's hacked degaussing wand (and those that you buy professionally) incorporate a power limiting device, in the case of Oscar's, a small wattage light bulb.

You get degaussing effects by creating a large alternating magnetic field by coiling wire. It has nothing to do with running 15 amp or 1/2 an amp through it.  

As you all know if you take a wire and short an AC outlet, the wire will burn up instantly if smaller than the wires leading to the outlet/fuse/circuit breaker, or will blow your fuse/circuit breaker if it is larger than that.  By placing a light bulb in the middle you prevent the coil from buring up instantly, though the effects of the AC power running through it still perform the task necessary--alternate a magnetic field to remove magnetism from metal parts including the shadow mask of the monitor.

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: Bgnome on August 26, 2004, 02:45:30 pm

i remember sticking wires into ac sockets when i was younger..  usually got a big flash and a pop then all the lights would go out..

Title: Re:degausing ??? can you use
Post by: Thenasty on August 26, 2004, 07:31:18 pm

thanks fo the link guys. Gonna build one and give it a try.