Herman by Jim Unger for May 19, 2024

He’s not too bright.

Touched the 2nd anode?

Shocking, simply shocking!

Did that with a radar display once, 10,000 volts DC. Luckily there was a chair behind me. Car ignition bites too.

Bzzzzzt

Now that is an old TV!

I fully expected the picture to be “perfect”… hold it right there

Pretty old TV.

He should have already upgraded to the digital TV. No tubes to replace.

Are there still analog broadcasts? Think that tube tv would require an adapter that would cost more than a new tv.

Now it is not only too dark, but what is that awful smell?

There were 6 screws and paperboard back protecting everyone from a 25,000 volt connector to the TV tube and the rest of the system running at 250 volts with capacitors. You didn’t have to go looking for it. We had some defective TV anode connectors and it would come looking for you.

Shocking!

Dinner will be crispy critter

Back then there was a lot of high voltage back there

“What happens if I touch this fly-back transformer?”

He got a charge out of that!

Did he stick a screwdriver in there?

Those were the days. I used to repair my own TV but I was an electronics technician. Color CRT TVs have 25,000 volts on the big tube, which can persist for many hours after the set is turned off. That’s heart-stopping voltage.

Today’s strip features dark humor.

Anymore bright ideas?!

Oh well…time to head to Costco an’ upgrade to a 72 incher…