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| Now we deal with the case lighting. The cold cathode
is incased in a plastic case to protect it and defuse
the light. We will need to remove the casing very
carefully. Most cold cathode tubes have mercury
vapor in them this is very dangerous if it was broken.
Avoided damaging the bulb at all costs as mercury
vapor has been linked to brain damage and cancer.
so be careful.... unless your some arch-villain
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| Using a dremel tool and a cutting disk on the
highest speed use the wheel to melt the plastic
all the way around near the caped end with the leads
coming out of it. Taking care not to cut to deep
and possibly damaging the tube. Once separated use
a blow dryer to heat up the glue in the cap with
leads. When the glue gets hot it will become soft
and allow you to pull the wired and bulb free. Some
coaxing may be needed and maybe a bent paperclip
to remove some glue before it will be freed. I strongly
recommend doing this outside in the open air do
if you mistakenly cut to deep or otherwise break
the tube you can be relatively safe with good ventilation.
Once removed the bulb is very fragile so take care
with it not to hurt it. or it may hurt you in return. |
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