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

  • From: "Tony S" <tcselectronics@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:20:26 -0500

I will take the 170's and 171's only if the customer leaves me a blank 
check.  LOL!

but seriously I find the CTC179 to be very easy, usually just have to hard 
wire in the shield grounds or an occasional flyback.

Tony Saracco
TCS ELECTRONICS
406 Andra Ct.
Gilberts, IL 60136
tcselectronics@xxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman should retire 
soon


>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
>
> Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> 850-456-5995 voice
> 850-458-6369 fax
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>
> 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
>> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>> http://www.electricmedic.com
>> 3850 Washington Road  Suite 4C
>> Martinez, Georgia 30907
>> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4  (863-3424)
>> Phone: 706-863-3474
>> Fax: 706-863-2316
>> mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al L
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:58 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman shoud retire
>> soon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>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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