[TechAssist] Re: Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman should retire soon

  • From: Wayne Vanaman <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:25:00 -0500

I don't mind the 178/179 or even the 188/189s.  BUT the CTC170s 171, and 
172s don't come thru our doors.

Wayne Vanaman
Omega Electronics
6904 W Fairfield Dr
Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310

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850-458-6369 fax


Electric Medic wrote:
> Al: You can add the CTC178 and CTC179 to the crap list. Why, after making
> such a great chassis CTC169, at least for us servicers, they made the 170,
> 178, and 179 is unexplainable. I cringe everytime one of these come in. I
> love the CTC169, 177, 187, 195, but those other three are money losers and
> junk in my opinion. The rebuilders don't even like them, they have sent them
> back to me unrepairable before, their quote. we don't know what is wrong
> with it, rarely does that happen on other chassis.
> 
> Perry Bower
> Electric Medic
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> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al L
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:58 PM
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> Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman shoud retire
> soon
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>>CTC170! I replaced Q2502 for no vertical, after applying the usual pound
>>of solder,still no VD.
>>  I spent about 7 hours over the next two days checking and
>>analyzing,finding no vertical drive.FINALLY I checked the voltages on the
>>ramp driver,very wrong,and THEN I discovered the blind tech(with
>>magnifiers) had failed to solder the emitter of Q2502 to the foil!
>>Soldered it and it works.
>>  A certain CET and CSM from Florida and Ohio are correct,STAY AWAY FROM
>>CTC170 RCA's!
>>I will now put ctc170 officially on my crap list!
>>    Thanks for the service notes,guys! BTW, it came in dead,so I am not
>>totaly stupid! al
>>
>>Al Leatherman
>>224 RT. 46
>>Mine Hill, NJ 07803
>>973-361-5796
>>WWW.ALS-TV.NET
>>
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