OT Monitor glass question

[Chuck Guzis]

On 14 Nov 2006 at 16:56, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> Realistically, it's probably not something I'd worry about too much.. 
> that's a fairly small defect in the glass (which on the front of a CRT 
> is quite thick).  I'd be more worried if there was a crack or a deep 
> hole.

What Patrick said.  Years ago, I used a 20" monitor that had a 
visible crack in the funnel.  It worked fine and didn't implode until 
about  7 years later  when the recycling folks did what they do to 
all CRTs--bust 'em up.

The glass in the faceplate's a lot thicker than that in the funnel.

Cheers,
Chuck