[WEB4LIB] Re: Magnetic interference from de-sensitizers

[Lin Light]

You may also find that your monitor becomes damaged by being with say 12" or
closer.  We had placed a monitor, temporarily next to our zapper (desentitizer)
and in the area on the screen closest to it faded out and to this day is still
not the same as the rest of the screen.
Lin


Eric Schnell wrote:

>    We also had the jumping problem with our monitors.   We never had the
> problem with the station freezing up, however.   Although we expected a
> higher mortality rate for these monitors given the electromagnetic surges,
> in the three years they were in service we did not have to replace one of
> them.
>
>     We recently replaced all our circulation terminals with 15" LCD screens
> recently (nice footprint!) and indeed they no longer jump, confirming Walt
> Crawford's theory.
>
> -Eric
>
> Eric Schnell
> Assistant Professor
> Head, Information Technology Services
> Prior Health Sciences Library
> The Ohio State University
> schnell.9 at osu.edu / 614-292-4870
> http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric.html

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Lin Light
Head of
Technical Services/Automation
Herrick District Library
300 S. River Ave.
Holland, MI 49423
llight at lakeland.lib.mi.us
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