Arcade Monitor Safety

[codeena]

Hi all, I just recently got an older Williams cab. I've read that open monitors can be deadly, even when unplugged, and arcade monitors don't have a plastic casing like PC monitors do. So aren't they dangerous w/out any casing? How if I happen to be doing something inside the cab and accidentally touch the back of the monitor? Which part(s) could be deadly? Or should I not be so paranoid?

Thanks in advance!

[SirPeale]

First: relax.  Getting all worked up and nervous can actually be *more* dangerous.

As long as you are careful, you'll be fine.

Don't touch any exposed foil traces while it's on.  That should be a no brainer.

Don't mess with the anode/anode cap.  That's the large (usually) red wire going from the flyback (small black box on the chassis) to a suction-cup looking thing on the back of the tube.

You can safely remove a monitor from a cabinet without discharging it first. 

In fact, the only time you should discharge a monitor is if you're going to remove the chassis to work on it.

[FrizzleFried]

The flyback looks SIMILAR to,  perhaps, a "COIL" of a vehicle...with a single wire going in the top and the other end attached to the "suction cup" looking cover on the other end that attaches to the back/top of the tube.  That is your primary concern.

The secondary concern are the larger capacitors on the chassis itself...but if you have gotten to that part,  you've already discharged the anode...so worry not.

I just pulled my monitor out of my (soon to be) vertical cabinet in about 5 minutes...very simple.