ASDR wrote:
Looks like Voultar/RetroRGB did not appreciate any of this:
https://twitter.com/RetroRGB/status/1110959298413318144I generally have a very high opinion of those two, but here instead of informing their followers of the potential safety hazards clearly pictured & explained or maybe just telling them that you might indeed get a different device when buying from Bg they're just being snarky and make themselves feel superior to lowly forum dwellers. That's really disappointing, I would've expected better from them. Ah well, consider me a troll jackass if you want, but if this thread encouraged a single person to open up their device before using it or to think critically about fuses/grounding/polarized plugs/transformers/etc., I'd say that's a success

That was a light tease that you ALL took the wrong way. I was specifically referring to someone else on this forum (no one in this topic) about the trolling*, but included a dig about this, just to be silly.
It's very easy for everyone in one forum (or discord server, or twitter chain, etc) to spiral and get themselves all worked up. There's good people in this thread having a fair and helpful discussion. Don't ruin it by shit-talking...it'll just make your real work seem less credible.
Back to what I come here for: Nerd shit. What's the consensus so far? To ASMR's point, serious injury from working on a CRT is a real fear that's a DIRECT result of the CRT; I'm fat and pushing 40, so if I touch a 36" tube with a full charge, I'm probably ending up in the hospital...or at least knocked out, pants shit, pissed myself, etc. All bad. Technically you can die while RGB modding a SNES, but obsessing over rare and near-impossible factors isn't worth our time.
So, if someone were to buy one of these that were bad and ONLY plugged it in when they use it, what's the chance of REAL risk? Is there a clear and concise answer yet?
*and seriously, is anyone here a moderator or admin? I'd really like to have a quick chat about the real troll...and I have another question as well.