[TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold weather.
- From: Ed Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:49:04 -0500
That brings up a thought....
Remember they use to have Dew Sensors on VCR's to prevent this problem
of gulping the tapes when the Video Head used to "sweat".
Since the Chinese completely took over production of this product, they
felt it was a useless circuit to have on VCR's, extra ...redundant
components.
-Ed-
Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
teltek@xxxxxxxxx
On 5-Jan-05, at 12:45 PM, J Silverman wrote:
> Moisture will condense on everything and will not evaporate until some
> time
> after the tv reaches room temperature. We repaired mostly vcrs and
> always
> warned the customer to wait at least half an hour after turning the
> power on
> before putting a tape in. In some real cold (for us) weather some
> years ago,
> a customer told us it took 3 hours before his repaired top loading
> Sony Beta
> would work properly. In a tv you also have the high voltage circuitry
> to
> worry about. A long time ago somebody from India emailed me about
> moisture
> condensation problems causing arcing and short FBT life. I told him
> that,
> considering the location and the none-availability of a qualified
> technician, that his best bet was to install a small light bulb inside
> the
> tv cabinet to keep it warmer than the air temperature when it was
> turned
> off.
> Jerry Silverman
> Greentron Inc
> 4 Newland Ave
> Greenville SC 29609
> Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
> mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:29 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold weather.
>
>
>> -8 degrees Celsius during the day.
>>
>> Kevin Wilks
>> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>> Penticton BC Canada
>> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Gutz
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:20 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold weather.
>>
>> Kevin
>> Since when did you start getting cold weather in BC
>>
>> Al G
>>
>> Kevin wrote:
>>> I was wondering how other shops deliver TV's in cold weather. My
>>> concern is keeping the TV warm enough to plug in and show the
>>> customer
>>> that it is working without having to wait for it to warm up.
>>>
>>> Kevin Wilks
>>> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>> Penticton BC Canada
>>> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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