Monitor burning smell

[Alan]

I been noticing a burning smell over the last few weeks but I put down to all the fires we've being having as the smell and smoke was outside as well. This evening there has been no fire smell outside yet I can still smell it in my office but not in the rest of the flat. It seems to be coming from my CRT monitor . Could be that fluff might have got inside and that's what I'm smelling or something more sinister

 

[NoADSLyet]

Possibly a loose or dry solder Joint. This heats up and burn the PC board until it flashes due to carbon heating. Stop using, open up and repair/resolder.

 

[killadoob]

dont crt's use some radiation if so i would get rid of that monitor asap man

 

[NoADSLyet]

dont crt's use some radiation if so i would get rid of that monitor asap man

If that was the truth then many more would have been dead by now, there was rumors but........ Yeah LCD is cheaper to run and getting cheaper and better by the day.

 

[Alan]

dont crt's use some radiation if so i would get rid of that monitor asap man

It's not glowing in the dark

 

[Fudzy]

How new is the monitor?

 

[arf9999]

Possibly a loose or dry solder Joint. This heats up and burn the PC board until it flashes due to carbon heating. Stop using, open up and repair/resolder.

WARNING: Do this at your own risk. The high voltage capacitors in a CRT set do not discharge just because it is unplugged... short one while screwing around inside the set with a screwdriver and you'll be the one that smells of burning.

 

[CellBel]

You better open it and check, if it's a dry joint on the line then it can damage your board. I've had the same smell on a tv sometime ago, but the problem then was a defective deflection coil.

 

[Alan]

WARNING: Do this at your own risk. The high voltage capacitors in a CRT set do not discharge just because it is unplugged... short one while screwing around inside the set with a screwdriver and you'll be the one that smells of burning.

I'm touched you do care. Or is it a general WARNING

 

[arf9999]

Of course I care If you're going to kill yourself because of stupidity it's one thing, but if it is due to ignorance it is quite another...

 

[CellBel]

I'm touched you do care. Or is it a general WARNING

Best is to take it to a TV repair shop, even when it's switched off the HT is still very much alive. (Believe me i know)

 

[redarrow]

I used to have this ancient and enormous 19" CRT monitor which regulary let off loud cracking sounds and sparks often followed by a burning smell..

If I recall correctly the cause was the main high voltage lug on the side of the CRT - looks a bit like a suction pad.. I never really managed to get it fixed though.. just learned to live with it, until one day it let off an exceptionally loud crack like a gunshot.. - I'm surprised there's not a hole in the roof where I was sitting that day..
Needless to add, I retired the monitor shortly thereafter..

 

[ubercal]

Possibly a loose or dry solder Joint. This heats up and burn the PC board until it flashes due to carbon heating. Stop using, open up and repair/resolder.

Seriously this must be one of the dumbest comments ive heard.Do U want to kill the dude ?

 

[The_Techie]

Yeah, I'd rather not do it if I were you...

 

[NoADSLyet]

Seriously this must be one of the dumbest comments ive heard.Do U want to kill the dude ?

For stupid dudes like you it must be dangerous but anyone that can solder can fix a monitor if it has a loose connection or dry jpoint, if he cannot solder he will get his gardener or a technician to do it. Do you change your kettles plug or plug in a a PC monitor, If you do not know what you are doing it is more dangerous. Everyone works in PC's but find a TV or Monitor so dangerous, just because people talk cr@p. Monitors is not so dangerous that it can kill one unless you leave it plugged in and switched on and then fiddle with it. A few minutes after a monitor is switched off there is no more current flow. The tube may then still be static charged and at worse, if he is so dumb to fiddle at the tube suction cup is to get a static jolt that would not even scare a mouse.

So loudmouth if You can do electronic repairs you talk cr@p, if you cannot do it then either way you are above your level of competence and then You made the Dumbest comment of all here!

 

[|tera|]

For stupid dudes like you it must be dangerous but anyone that can solder can fix a monitor if it has a loose connection or dry jpoint, if he cannot solder he will get his gardener or a technician to do it. Do you change your kettles plug or plug in a a PC monitor, If you do not know what you are doing it is more dangerous. Everyone works in PC's but find a TV or Monitor so dangerous, just because people talk cr@p. Monitors is not so dangerous that it can kill one unless you leave it plugged in and switched on and then fiddle with it. A few minutes after a monitor is switched off there is no more current flow. The tube may then still be static charged and at worse, if he is so dumb to fiddle at the tube suction cup is to get a static jolt that would not even scare a mouse.

So loudmouth if You can do electronic repairs you talk cr@p, if you cannot do it then either way you are above your level of competence and then You made the Dumbest comment of all here!

I don't have a problem with you, but I agree with him. Dude, the most basic pc course in computer maintenance called the A+ teaches you exactly the effects of opening a monitor can have.

We're not talking cr@p or nonsense, like he said, the capacitors hold a strong charge,

Alan, buy a new monitor if it goes, don't risk your life bro, I'll show you myself from my A+ course that it's dangerous.

 

[arf9999]

For stupid dudes like you it must be dangerous but anyone that can solder can fix a monitor if it has a loose connection or dry jpoint, if he cannot solder he will get his gardener or a technician to do it. Do you change your kettles plug or plug in a a PC monitor, If you do not know what you are doing it is more dangerous. Everyone works in PC's but find a TV or Monitor so dangerous, just because people talk cr@p. Monitors is not so dangerous that it can kill one unless you leave it plugged in and switched on and then fiddle with it. A few minutes after a monitor is switched off there is no more current flow. The tube may then still be static charged and at worse, if he is so dumb to fiddle at the tube suction cup is to get a static jolt that would not even scare a mouse.

So loudmouth if You can do electronic repairs you talk cr@p, if you cannot do it then either way you are above your level of competence and then You made the Dumbest comment of all here!

Ha ha. That post just confirms my point that I made earlier to alanf.

If you're going to kill yourself because of stupidity it's one thing, but if it is due to ignorance it is quite another..

alanf=ignorant; pupa/froggytoo/noadslyet=stupid.

A shock from the flyback driver, while it probably won't kill you, will hurt like f#ck and disable you for a while. It delivers up to 35 kiloVolts which is a lot more than a "static jolt", even if it is at low amperage...

 

[LabAnimal]

Pack the monitor in your boot, drive down to Durban, park in the harbour, throw it in the bay!.... Problem solved!. - in short, buy a new one!.

 

[NoADSLyet]

A shock from the flyback driver, while it probably won't kill you, will hurt like f#ck and disable you for a while. It delivers up to 35 kiloVolts which is a lot more than a "static jolt", even if it is at low amperage...

The fly-back driver is not in operation when the power is off F@@l
Wakey, Wakey

If you do discharge the so called 32 KV (Only while the TV is Live) it will give nothing more than a fright and only if someone was stupid enough like You to touch his fingers in the HT lead suction cup. This point is not Accessible during normal soldering work on a TV circuit board.

But seem to you are so knowledgeable I am sure you know that but only bluff yourself or reveal your lack of maturity.

 

[NoADSLyet]

I don't have a problem with you, but I agree with him. Dude, the most basic pc course in computer maintenance called the A+ teaches you exactly the effects of opening a monitor can have.

We're not talking cr@p or nonsense, like he said, the capacitors hold a strong charge,

Alan, buy a new monitor if it goes, don't risk your life bro, I'll show you myself from my A+ course that it's dangerous.

So you have done a course. Funny how many here is lacking DIY skills but yet have huge knowledge of Fall. I am sure If Allan85 cannot solder and cannot even work in his car (where the same voltage exists after the coil), he would consult someone to assist as maybe he can think for himself. Funny how many low skilled individuals that did not do electronic courses do repair TV's. Just go look at TV shops at the back.