Degaussing Wand

[juggle50]

Where is the best place to buy a degaussing wand?  I know happs makes one but I heard there is a better one that is bigger but don't know where to buy it and have searched the posts.

[rescue161]

I know this sounds ghetto, but I've used a regular clothing iron before with great results.  I just used a sweeping motion while pulling the iron away from the screen.  Beats buying a degaussing wand if you're only going to use it for one monitor.  I have an old Pac-Man machine that needed degaussing and I used the iron on it back in 1994 and haven't had to do it since.  The machine has been moved 9 times since then and it has never messed up.

[Ken Layton]

It's not a wand----it's a coil!

Happ Controls # 49-0559-00 Degaussing Coil


Good old Bob Roberts also sells degaussing coils.

[pathdoc2]

How can you tell you tv or monitor needs degaussing?  I have a monitor that has a slight brown tint along the edge at one spot.  Does that mean it needs to be degaussed?

[juggle50]

Ken,

I've heard a lot of talk on these posts about a wand.  Does the coil do the same thing?  My monitor has it's own coil but I'm still getting a slight discoloration in the bottom right hand cornor even when the monitor degausses itself.  Here is the link to the wand, however it's British and too expensive. Please let me know if you think the coil will do the same thing.

www.alfaglade.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1215

Pathdoc 2,

I'm really not sure how to tell when a monitor needs to be degaussed.  However, everything I've read in the posts has said that if you have a problem with discoloration anywhere, degaussing should be the first thing that you try.

[wakerlet]

Ken,

...but I'm still getting a slight discoloration in the bottom right hand cornor even when the monitor degausses itself...
I'm really not sure how to tell when a monitor needs to be degaussed.

[rescue161]

Take a degaussing wand/coil or other electro-magnet, i.e. iron and move it around the monitor while the monitor is on and while the degaussing device is plugged in.  If the color evens out after you pull the device away from the monitor, then that's all it needed.  If the color problems are still there, then something else may be to blame.

[Harry Potter]

Iron? Never heard that one before and certainly doesn't sound safe. For the monitor at least.

[rescue161]

It's basically an electro-magnet just like a standard degaussing coil or wand.  Just make sure that it's off when you place it near the monitor and then turn it on.  It only take a few circles while you're slowly drawing it away from the monitor.  Then turn it off.  It won't have time to get hot.   

[juggle50]

Thanks for the tip rescue

I tried using the iron and it didn't seem to work.  However, I got a couple of questions.  Should the monitor be off or on?  I've got a cocktail system, should the glass top be removed.  Thanks for all the help guys.

[Ken Layton]

A handheld degausser coil is very powerful. You use it when the monitor built-in one just doesn't help.

A degauuser coil is to be used when you have any hint of a discoloration in part of the picture.

Handheld degausser coils are designed for intermittent use only and never have it on for more than two minutes or it'll burn up!

[rescue161]

Thanks for the tip rescue

I tried using the iron and it didn't seem to work.

[juggle50]

Thank you for your detailed help rescue.  Unfortuantely I think I have a weak iron as it is not making any crazy color changes to the screen.  I think I may need to buy a degaussing coil.  Do you, or anybody (Ken) know how to operate one.  Is it the same concept as using the iron or a handhelp.  Looking at the picture, it looks like you set it somewhere.  Any help would be much appreciated.

[Jess--]

sometimes a discoloured corner to a screen can point to the scan coils having moved, check that they are pushed forward against the rubber wedges on the neck of the tube, they tend to slide back during transport (especially on cocktails due to gravity / vibration)

[juggle50]

Thanks Jess,

What do the scan coils look like?

[Nailz]

I had problems with a monitor a while back, unfortunately none of the tricks people posted here worked.  I tried the iron, using a drill, etc. and in the end, the only thing that actually did the trick was buying a degaussing coil.  It fixed my problem in 2 seconds and was worth every penny in my opinion.

[Jess--]

scan coils look something like this....

http://www.hanssummers.com/misc/recycling/monitor/deflection.jpg

[juggle50]

Thank you everyone for your help, I am very grateful.  I have a degausing coil in the mail.   Jess, thank you for the picture I will check that out too.  I will probably bug you for more details  if that is alright with you.

It's great to have support

[Jess--]

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