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From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: CRT problem
> > Reminds me of the first TV I ever had-- an old Ekco (darned if I know
how
> > that fine product of the UK got to NZ-'twas a 'modified' dual std
east --
> > 405 and 625 line stds- for the usa readers) It had a 1/4 inch plate
glass
Made it to Oz as well. We had one of those as our very first tv set circa
1963.
Finally blew up permanently around 1969. (As in smoke/flame etc). Mum &
Dad
bought a Kriesler, still valve based. (No colour here until mid 70's).
Worked fairly well, needed a visit from a valve jockey about once a year on
average.
the 1S2 EHT Rectifier and/or the 6CM5 HOP valve were the usual culprits.
Some of the Decca valve/transistor Colour hybrids made it here as well.
Fixed one for some friends as recently
as 5 years ago. AFAIK, it's still going. They called a local tv repair
place, the guy took
the back off and stared at it for a minute or so, then put the back on and
told them he had
no idea where to get valves these days. So they rang me.
10 min and a Line Output tube later, it was going again. (I had a small
collection of valves,
mostly ex tv stuff, fortunately I had one of the right type.)
Cheers
Geoff
Received on Wed Jul 17 2002 - 20:45:01 BST