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Offline deephavenTopic starter

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What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« on: March 31, 2011, 12:54:19 pm »
We have recently updated most of our computer monitors to LCD. This means we have a pile of perfectly good CRT monitors sitting in the corner. It seems a shame to just scrap them, but what else can we do with them?

I have an idea for one of them, robbing its EHT transformer and making a calibrated HV generator for ESD tests.

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Offline comox

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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 01:02:53 pm »
A couple years back I gave a 21" Nanao FX2-21 monitor to the Salvation Army.  Cost me over $3000USD new.  Damn it was heavy!

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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 01:55:15 pm »
Check if they will blend?
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 07:11:17 pm »
Create some retro art forms ;D
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Offline GeoffS

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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2011, 07:15:28 pm »
I doubt you'll get anyone to take them off your hands. I regularly see monitors at the kerb awaiting rubbish collection.
I have a 76cm CRT TV I've been trying to give away but can't find any takers. It's too heavy to put out for rubbish collection  :)
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2011, 07:22:31 pm »
On a serious note, here in the UK we have something called freecycle where people post onto a forum what they have to give away. Then its up to others to come and collect. I have used this service to get some free furniture ;) But also i have given away my old crt's and a bunch of old electronic test equipment. There is always someone that has a need for this stuff, some less fornate soles will be glad to take a CTR off you.
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2011, 09:40:03 pm »
Quote from: dimlow on March 31, 2011, 07:22:31 pm
On a serious note, here in the UK we have something called freecycle where people post onto a forum what they have to give away. Then its up to others to come and collect. I have used this service to get some free furniture ;) But also i have given away my old crt's and a bunch of old electronic test equipment. There is always someone that has a need for this stuff, some less fornate soles will be glad to take a CTR off you.

That's an idea, I'll give that a try, thanks.
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2011, 10:29:34 pm »
Use it as a high quality display for a microcontroller project. I found that it's not too hard to generate vertical bar graphs with an 8-bit PIC.
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2011, 10:54:25 pm »
diy oscilloscope
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2011, 01:16:15 am »
hmmm... Anger managment... Office space style!
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2011, 05:03:18 pm »
Trebuchet and shotgun? ;D
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Offline Sal Ammoniac

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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2011, 05:14:53 pm »
Dropping off a roof is great fun (as long as someone else cleans up the mess.)
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Re: What to do with CRT VGA monitors
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2011, 06:18:17 am »
Just like what Bob Pease (former staff scientist of National) did on his computer see Figure 12.1 page 145 Troubleshooting Analog Circuits ISBN 0-7506-9949-8
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