<html><body><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I was sent a warning by a respondent to my question about what to do with old computers, regarding take apart events. <!--StartFragment-->According to her husband, a computer technician, computers can hold an electrical charge even when unplugged. A quick Google search shows me that, apparently, you can discharge power supply by pushing the ON button for the PC a few times, while it is unplugged. The power should also dissipate over time, though how long, I can't say; perhaps days, perhaps weeks. Try both, and I imagine you're set! If any experts out there would like to contradict me, by all means, please do so!<!--EndFragment--> <br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__">Don Priest<br>Southgate Veterans Memorial Library<br>14680 Dix-Toledo Rd.<br>Southgate, MI 48195<br>734-258-3002 ext. 3003</div></div></body></html>