Re:How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job
by ryanwaggoner on Friday April 24, 2009 @04:41PM
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If your scared, try cutting the AC power cord.
Be sure to unplug it first :)
Re:How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job
by demallien on Saturday April 25, 2009 @06:53AM
(#578818)
Be sure to unplug and if it's an old crt, wait for an hour or so - those tubes can carry a heck of a static charge!
It will not discharge on AC cord.
Re:How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job
by demallien on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @12:39AM
(#582699)
That may be the theory, but believe me, in practice it's not always true. I ended up with a reprimand on my service record when a technician working for me in the Air Force did precisely this, cutting the ac cord, with a pair of uninsulate scissors, which then went flying across the room. The reprimand was because I hadn't put measures in place to stop technicians using uninsulated scissors for technical work - fair enough.
I'm guessing that the ground wire in the cable hadn't been correctly hooked up to the ground pin in the plug, a not uncommon flaw in cables...
If you lack self control with regard to TV watching I can't recommend enough how much better your life will be. If your scared, try cutting the AC power cord. Give it a week.