I just had an electrician (30 years experience) over to take care of a laundry list of 9 items that we had built up over the years.

It turns out that he used to be a scrapper, but when he moved out of state about 6 months ago wasn't able to take his stuff with him. He lives in an apartment now, so doesn't really have the space to do much scrapping.

Nonetheless, I asked him about items that can give you a shock after being unplugged. We discussed CRT monitors, TV's and those heavy battery backups used with some computers.

His general comment to me was that if something has been unplugged for 30 days or more, it should be plenty safe to go poking around inside. That said, I do realize there are some other potential dangers (i.e., magnetrons- that nasty item in microwaves that shouldn't be messed with because it contains beryllium).



Anyhow, what does everyone think about the 30 day guideline? Is that plenty of time? Should it be more or less than 30 days?