[TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold weather.
- From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:26:51 -0800 (PST)
So it will wear out the head that much faster, and
spread the dirt all over everything.
Walter
--- Intrepid Video Support
<support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Then why do they still place that worthless head
> cleaner sponge in these?
> Jeff
> --
> Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair
> 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113
> 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:49 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold
> weather.
>
>
> 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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Walter Wood
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Pulaski Tn. 38478
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