Hi to all,

I hope this is the right forum about an electronics question...
I just assembled a very simple "harddisk-recorder" (got a do-it-
yourself kit from a friend).
Unfortunately it doesn't really look good, and is quite big (but at
least it was free ;-)
So I would like to make it disappear INSIDE the tv... I've still got a
CRT (it's quite big and the image is good,
so I'll keep it until I get a Full-HD). I've opened the TV, and inside
the casing there's plenty of room; the CRT-tube
only takes a small amount of the available space.

My question is, how much radiation these CRTs might produce. I guess
they could
generate some X-ray or electromagnetic rays which could harm the
harddisk (I took one from my PC),
especially if the harddisk is placed right next to the tube (i would
mount the HD on the inside of
the casing of the TV, after all).

Can anyone give me some hints about that ?
Thanks in advance!
Boku

On May 10, 6:56*am, boku wrote:
Hi to all,

I hope this is the right forum about an electronics question...
I just assembled a very simple "harddisk-recorder" (got a do-it-
yourself kit from a friend).
Unfortunately it doesn't really look good, and is quite big (but at
least it was free ;-)
So I would like to make it disappear INSIDE the tv... I've still got a
CRT (it's quite big and the image is good,
so I'll keep it until I get a Full-HD). I've opened the TV, and inside
the casing there's plenty of room; the CRT-tube
only takes a small amount of the available space.

My question is, how much radiation these CRTs might produce. I guess
they could
generate some X-ray or electromagnetic rays which could harm the
harddisk (I took one from my PC),
especially if the harddisk is placed right next to the tube (i would
mount the HD on the inside of
the casing of the TV, after all).

Can anyone give me some hints about that ?
Thanks in advance!
Boku

Don't worry about the x-ray radiation from the CRT, leaded glass has
been used for at least the past 50 years. High-frequency noise from
the tv chassis can be shielded against by putting a grounded - to the
tv chassis - piece of aluminum foil between the new HD and the tv
chassis, just don't cut off ventilation.