[Jukebox-list] Re: Design/serviceperson

[Don]

Oh JOY!, Britt
You made my day with those Predicta comments. Its the only TV I'd allow in 
my collection of old radios. Looked for one for a while. Then last year at 
auction I scooped one for 150 bucks Canadian...  :-)
Despite your pal's remarks I look forward to restoring the Predicta. It is a 
nifty looking set. Picture of it is on my website:
http://www.donsradiomuseum.com

Cheers,
Don


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wbabbott at cox.net>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Cc: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Re: Design/serviceperson


> Your guys discussion thread reminds me of one of my Tube Radio Club 
> members who is a retired TV Repair Service Tech. During our recent Radio 
> Club Christmas Party he was telling me about the highlite ups and downs of 
> his career. His Number One bad memory was the Philco Predicta TV. He said 
> you had to have hands of a child to work through the ports on the chassis 
> to change components and the sets were constantly in the shop. He couldn't 
> believe that the Predicta is now the #1 collectible TV. I've read through 
> some of the history of the Philco since I restore old Philco radios from 
> the 1930s. It 's apparent that the Philco Design Engineers put Philco out 
> of business with the Predicta.
> Happy New Year and long live good Service Techs...
> Britt
> ---- Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Exactly what I was hoping for--Ron Rich
>>
>> Ron <tracron at bigpond.net.au> wrote:  --Yes and when it fails there we 
>> have the experiance to help you. Grin.
>> Ron from OZ.
>> --- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ron Rich"
>> To: "Jukebox mailing list"
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 4:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Re: Design/serviceperson
>>
>>
>> > Ron,
>> > Question---If it's already 2007 there, does that mean that failures 
>> > will
>> > occur there first ??
>> > Happy New Year to all, when ever it happens, wherever you are !! Ron 
>> > Rich
>> >
>> > Ron wrote:
>> > I was lucky enough to have a electronics engineer teach me the basics 
>> > on
>> > a
>> > CRO, I also asked him why they put a large wattage resistor so close to 
>> > a
>> > electrolytic capacitor in a circuit I was practising on.
>> > This was to induce a failure in the component in a certain number of 
>> > hours
>> > so as to require replacement.
>> > The design of these PCB will let them predict when it will fail within 
>> > 14
>> > days because of a deliberate failure in design.
>> > That's now, so why can it not be back then when the older boxes were 
>> > made.
>> > If it never failed why would you replace it, the service professionals 
>> > and
>> > the enthusiasts have extended the life of the machines well after the 
>> > use
>> > by
>> > date by decades.
>> > We repair them and in many cases they designed them from scratch and 
>> > there
>> > still around to day.
>> > Happy New Year to all, we are already in 2007 here.
>> > Ron from OZ
>> >
>> >
>> >
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