NES saftey

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Mon May 29, 2006 4:45 pm

vskid wrote:How would you discharge it first? In some other posts someone was talking about using a screwdriver to short them.

There are special tools (that coincidentally look like screwdrivers with wires attached) that technicians use to discharge them. Basically, you attach one end to a ground, then stick the probe under the rubber cap and touch it to the discharge point of the CRT. The only difference between this and the screwdriver method is that there is a very strong resistor (NOT the kind you find at RadioShack) between the probe and the ground wire so that it discharges at a slower (and safer) rate.

Edit: I guess I will go join the page break clubâ€¦

arfink · Post by **arfink** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:35 pm

So, in response to the first question... no, you will not be harmed by the NES, since it is a low voltage and low amperage device. Juston don't go taking apart the power supply thing that plugs into the wall, and don't mess with the insides of a TV (why you would do that for a portable I have no idea)

lastly,

if it was the one with the built-in CRT, she was right.

When did they make NES units with built in CRTs? Do you mean the play choice 10 arcade units? Thats not really an NES to my mind, but anyway...