CRT's / Projection tv cooling liquid

**rca987** · 07-29-2011, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by newattitude

Well just shoot me, lol. I picked up today what I thought was a set of party lights, like maybe something a DJ would have. I guess what it really was is the inside of a projection tv? When I started taking the glass lights off a liquid came out all over the table/floor. I thought it was water but it felt slightly oily. What kind of cooling fluid is this exactly? Is it the same stuff used in cars?

Has anyone ever taken one of these apart all the way? Should I just stop now and not even continue?

Did it look kind of like a stop light? if so, that is the projector inside the huge box big screen tv's..

As for the oil, i had the same thing happen to me, so once the first lens drained out, i didnt mess with the others...I threw away metal and didn't want to at all, but the wife was giving me that "look".

**newattitude** · 07-29-2011, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by rca987

Did it look kind of like a stop light? if so, that is the projector inside the huge box big screen tv's..

As for the oil, i had the same thing happen to me, so once the first lens drained out, i didnt mess with the others...I threw away metal and didn't want to at all, but the wife was giving me that "look".

Yep, exactly like a stop light and this sucker is heavy! I'm afraid to drain any more coolant so I'm also going to throw away the weight and that sucks because its heavy but no way do I want to be exposed to more coolant.

I removed the copper yokes and wiring and thats as far as I'm going. it didnt' burn my hands but it took some red paint off my toolbox it leaked onto.

rca, I'm going to go pull those back out of the trash and check those out.

zakmattingly, thanks for the help, I googled but was still quite confused as there seemed to be more than one ..... answer to the question.