[Jukebox-list] Re: Design/serviceperson
dave.halford at telent.com
dave.halford at telent.com
Wed Jan 3 02:15:18 PST 2007
First you style it, then you make it work long enough to outlive the
warranty period. Flog it to the public. Deny there's anything wrong when
you get caught. TRAAAAH! job done.
The Predicta looks great!
Lots of Automotive examples.
Try changing the heater hose on the mid 70's Trans Am / Firebird without
removing the wing.
Fiat coupe 20V looks fabulous (not a US import), but alternator belt
breakage takes out the cambelt, which takes out all 20 valves. To change
the cam belt you are supposed to take out the engine anyway ( though there
is an easier unofficial way) I own the 16v turbo version, one less cylinder
and avoids all the other issues too.
regards
Dave H
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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
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:53 AM
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> 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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