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Old Nov 17, 2012, 10:24 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Aleksander Dishnica View Post
I was reading a book about electronics and was thinking about the danger you might have while working on old parts by disassembling them, since the book is clearly stating not to do that until you know what you are doing.

Is there really any danger on old electronic parts which are plugged off normally and I am asking because nothing like this happened before to me
they are talking about Capacitors, CRT Monitors and TVs can hold a charge for a very long time.

Of course the obvious is when the components are plugged into a wall/PSU or on batteries too.

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