My Dad had his own business since the time I was born, and I've been in business 22 years making that total of 46 years and have yet to see a CRT implode. I've seen CRT's split from the banding strap being too tight while working for RCA Service back in the late 70's. I've had the neck sheared off from a picture hanging on the wall fall down behind the set. I have thrown rocks at the face of dude tubes that RCA didn't require back under warranty, just the neck with serial number and none of this caused implosion. I have heard stories of them doing just this from some of the older tech's at RCA, but all of them were from black & white tubes. Phil@Phil's TV & VCR 34651 Ford Road Westland.MI. 48185 734-728-5925 www.philstv.com ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html