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[Ken T]

Nonsense, turn up the A1 a bit, good as new  

Ken

And shorten its life still further

Sorry forgot to mention :

"turn up the A1, then flog it quick !". It might shorten its life a bit, but the old tubes do tend to soldier on for a while, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if that set outlasts some of Comet's new 30" LCD's.

One of the Logik brand is well known for blowing an inverter transformer after about 15months. That is clever electronics, I haven't yet found the clock they fit to make it fail just after the garantee runs out!.

Ken

[Ian_D]

Still confused on what the A1 is?

Is it the screw on the HV transformer? I thought that would mess all the focus up though?  

[Danny]

i'm not bothering to buy it, cos if its in worcester i wont be able to see it from here, no matter how big it is!

[Ken T]

Still confused on what the A1 is?

Is it the screw on the HV transformer? I thought that would mess all the focus up though?  

On normal TV's there are 2 screws on the LOPT transformer, one controls the A1, the acceleration potential and hence the brightness, and the other the focus. You can sometimes tweak these to get a brighter pic if the tubes a bit past it, BUT beware dangerous voltages around !.

Ken

[tmx]

i shall be passing through worcester with franny the tranny on friday pm sent

[HolyCount]

i shall be passing through worcester with franny the tranny on friday pm sent

I hope we are talking Ford Transit here  

[Martin_1962]

i shall be passing through worcester with franny the tranny on friday pm sent

No PM received :-?

[tmx]

i shall be passing through worcester with franny the tranny on friday pm sent

I hope we are talking Ford Transit here  

aye yep my works van's nick name as it used to belong to an ex engineer that used to be into Cross dressing!

PM Resent got page cannot be displayed my wireless router is playing up abit i think

[Martin_1962]

TV has been sold OOF strikes again

I enter the world of HDTV tomorrow

[Martin_1962]

i shall be passing through worcester with franny the tranny on friday pm sent

I hope we are talking Ford Transit here  

aye yep my works van's nick name as it used to belong to an ex engineer that used to be into Cross dressing!

PM Resent got page cannot be displayed my wireless router is playing up abit i think

Weird - do you get any comments?

So what did they look like

[TheBoy]

Turn up the A1 a bit? All the way to Biggleswade?

WTF are you talking about and if this were done how? And why would it shorten the life?

I think he means brightness, anyway it is a basic telly done well. Except that 32" widescreen and flat tube is not basic and at the time IDTV was definately not.

But it is not full of electronic tweaking which means what they broadcast is what you see.

It is, but via LOPT (Line OutPut Transformer) at back of set - used to generate the 25kV needed.

Blimey, all my C&G224 and TV exams coming back to me now

[CaptainZok]

Turn up the A1 a bit? All the way to Biggleswade?

WTF are you talking about and if this were done how? And why would it shorten the life?

I think he means brightness, anyway it is a basic telly done well. Except that 32" widescreen and flat tube is not basic and at the time IDTV was definately not.

But it is not full of electronic tweaking which means what they broadcast is what you see.

It is, but via LOPT (Line OutPut Transformer) at back of set - used to generate the 25kV needed.

Blimey, all my C&G224 and TV exams coming back to me now

Forgotten most of mine and I did the newer C&G2240

[Ken T]

I learned the fun way. You touch it, you get a shock, you don't touch it again.

Ken

[TheBoy]

I learned the fun way. You touch it, you get a shock, you don't touch it again.

Ken

I've had a few dead arms off them (switched off) by not following the proper discharge procedure

[Ken T]

Aye, I know what you mean. I once got a shock off a radar test unit, and had to fill in a H&S form. One question was "what voltage did you touch? ". My answer was "I don't know, I didn't measure it before I touched it".  

Ken