"Dan" wrote in
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I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list.
You can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's
flocking to flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to
believe, it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of
stairs out of the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan


You figure out how thick the glass needs to be on a tube that big,
considering that there is 15 pounds pressing on every square inch of the
tube.

Then figure out how much a piece of glass that thick is going weigh when it
is as big as the bell and neck of the CRT.

For the faceplate, I think you will want a large safety factor, in case
someone hits the glass, plus a safety shield in front of that, so don't
forget to add that weight.

Don't forget the weight of the case and electronics, even though those are
small compared with the CRT itself.

Yeah, the sets are 'really that heavy', but with the right tools and plenty
of muscles, people do put them in upstairs rooms.





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