I wouldn't exactly wanna risk a high voltage jolt from a crt 😀

Yeah, I heard if you touch the thing inside it could kill you. I guess I'll let it dry and if it doesn't work, it's off to the dump with them.

I would just give up and dump them at that point. Retro computing isn't something you'll chance your life on

The HV is not too lethal. The big caps on the power supply board are. Make sure to discharge them and you should be fine.

If you do not know how to deal with the high voltage, you are probably not capable of fixing the monitors on your own. Too many thrift stores around with ancient CRTs to pay to get them fixed.

Remove the plastic casing and leave them out under the sun to dry out for a few days.

Maybe stick 'em near a dehumidifier for a good chunk of time? *shrugs*

But yeah, don't screw with high-voltage stuff if you don't intrinsically know what you're doing. CRTs are the second-most dangerous consumer-grade electronic device to work on, followed only by microwave ovens. :P

I'd say off to recycle with them and find a new monitor somewhere else - like collector says, there's an ocean of them available used.

I'd agree with dumping them. You'd probably be better off going to the nearest thrift store/Goodwill and buying one instead of trying to fix those broken CRTs.

No love for them CRT displays around here I see. 🙁

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Well... none for wet soggy CRT that are so easily replaced by better. Nope, none.

I ought to add that if he's just 'south of Buffalo' then he's just entering real-snow-country Winter -- it's not going to be good drying weather where he is for several months. Sometimes it's best to punt. This is that time.

Goodwill and Best Buy take them for free: no questions asked. 😀

Vintage computer stuff is very common upstate so you can pick up lots for cheap anyway so why bother with drying / repairing and so on.

let it dry naterualy. that is your only option if you don't want to take it apart and clean it.

Yeah, i just dumped em both today, but i got a packard bell in its place!