From: Jim Yanik on
frank <frank(a)ottone.venere.it> wrote in
news:4aca39bc$0$710$5fc30a8(a)news.tiscali.it:

> Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote:
>> frank <frank(a)ottone.venere.it> wrote in
>> news:4aca1238$0$694$5fc30a8(a)news.tiscali.it:
>>>
>>
>>
>> AFAIK,the CRT shield should not be magnetic.
>> Are you sure your blade is not magnetized?
>
> you're right, I picked a magnetized blade :(
> I checked with another one and this time I couldn't find any
> magnetization on the shield.
> So problem "solved".
>
>>
>> try a TV degaussing coil to remove the magnetism from the shield.
>
> it has none, as far as I can tell at least. I read that a mu-metal
> shield shouldn't magnetize at all.
>
> Thanks for hint and best regards
>
> Frank
>

TEK used to glue tiny magnets on their CRT necks and bells to center the
beam,I've seen a few that had come off and stuck to the inside of the
shield.the magnets were about 2mm in diameter and 2mm high.

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