[BC] Where old TVs go...

[Ron Castro]

I once strapped an M-80 firecracker to the neck of a picture tube sitting in 
a trash can.  Lit the fuse and put the lid on.  Lid went about 25' in the 
air, and the neck of the tube was very cleanly sheared off.

Made a hell of a bang, too!

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willie Barnett" <reader at oldradio.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Where old TVs go...


> In a message dated 07/04/2005 3:02:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> RandyShaffer at ClearChannel.com writes:
>
> > Years later in my HS electronics course, I was taught the proper way to 
> > "
> > defuse" the tube and couldn't believe how easy it was. I took care of 
> > the
> > procedure after that and still do it for him at times. He's graduated to
> > radio and TV transmitters now.
>
> A tap on the glass "nipple" uncer the plastic pin guide on the back works
> nicely! A nice staedy Hissssss and it's all done.
>
> I used to implode them, too, by putting them down at the bottom of a small
> gully (backside toward me) and then any average-sized rock did the deed. 
> It was
> a satisfying, non-pyrotechnic form of "fireworks".
>
> Willie...
>
>
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