how to pack 20" Sun monitors for moving?
moving boxes?
Question:
We're in the process of moving and we're packing up a bunch of hardware into a storage "cube" which will be taken away and stored in a warehouse for later delivery to our new location. The distance is about 20 miles each way. (The "cube" is actually a large plywood box measuring 5'x8'x7' with a hinged door for loading. It is loaded on and off a flat bed truck using a fork lift.) We have four large 20" Sun monitors (GDM-20D10) and lots of heavy-duty large-bubble bubble wrap. Each monitor weighs about 75 pounds (34 kg). The question is whether these monitors should be loaded in an upright postion sported by their tilt foot assemblies (which are prone to being snapped off) or loaded face down on a double thickness of bubble wrap. In either case, the monitors will be separated by bubble wrap. I think these monitors will be loaded on the bottom of the "cube" toward the rear with cardboard boxes in front of them so they cannot slide around. There is likely to be some stuff on top of them, but nothing particularly heavy. As an alternative, we could tightly load a layer of cardboard file boxes on the bottom of the "cube" and place the monitors on top of them. In that case, I think we must position the monitors face down because the corners of their bases are likely to tear through the cardboard lids on the file boxes. Unfortunately, we do not have the original shipping cartons with the handy hand-grip holes on each side. Any suggestions?
Answer:
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Suggestion 1: replace 20" tubes with 20" LCD's. Much easier for you to
move around... ;-)
Suggestion 2: face down, plenty of bubble wrap, and take the extra
step of wrapping them in a moving blanket. I would also
secure them in their moving box so they don't slide
around and maybe damage something.
_How about upside down, with the face vertical and the foot assembly
up. This way any loose debris inside the CRT does not fall onto the
masking screen or the phosphor surface. Possibly more of a problem
with shadow-mask CRTs than with the 20D10, which is a Trinitron.
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