[TechAssist] Re: Delivering TV's in cold weather.
- From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:54:59 -0500
It's a gimmick to enhance the sale of the VCR.
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
Guelph Ontario Canada
Est. 1984
email: gary (at) number63.ca
Intrepid Video Support wrote:
> Then why do they still place that worthless head cleaner sponge in these?
> Jeff
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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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