[TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC

  • From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:46:12 -0500

Hey, as long as the customer is happy (happy enough to shell out!).

Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
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Al L wrote:

>I just did that on an old Sony XBR,got good bucks, and because it was old
>gave it an extra wrap.Beautiful pix,and it was dead shorted. al
>
>Al Leatherman
>Al's TV
>224 Rt. 46
>Mine Hill, NJ. 07803
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:54 AM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>
>
>  
>
>>I never had any callbacks after using the filament wire-wrap trick.
>>
>>Doug Keller
>>Wis-Kel Electronics
>>101 Freeland Ave.
>>Terra Alta, WV
>>USA        26764
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>http://www.tech-assist.org
>>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
>>won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
>>
>>
>>
>>walter wood wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Not sure, but that's what some other tech's called
>>>it.
>>>Probably because it couldn't be detected with most
>>>crt testers.
>>>I think it was mostly a problem with the coating
>>>coming off of some of the elements in the gun, and
>>>shorting intermittently between them.
>>>Some techs have spoken of placing the crt on it's
>>>face and tapping on it while rejuvinating.
>>>I personally never saw much point, as I figured
>>>more coating would just fall off later.
>>>What's your take on the subject?
>>>Walter
>>>--- Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Why do you call it the "soft short"?
>>>>
>>>>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 walter wood
>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:49 PM
>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me that Goldstar was the CRT supplier
>>>>when
>>>>Zenith was having such a bad time of it with the
>>>>"soft short" taking out all the main boards, and
>>>>the sets being "Not worth fixing".
>>>>That was pretty much all the '90's.
>>>>I never could figure out why Zenith didn't find
>>>>another CRT supplier.
>>>>I guess that was a way to tear zenith down so
>>>>Goldstar could buy them.
>>>>Walter
>>>>--- Tel-Tek Electronics <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>When they became LG Electronics.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Ed-
>>>>>
>>>>>Ed Gaidies
>>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>>>
>>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>>>Behalf Of Kevin
>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:49 PM
>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>
>>>>>When did Korea (Goldstar) take over control of
>>>>>Zenith?
>>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:10 PM
>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>
>>>>>Actually rca and ge tvs as we knew them have
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>not
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>existed since about
>>>>>1989,
>>>>>the story goes like this, ge bought rca, which
>>>>>owned nbc, banquet foods,
>>>>>burlington mills, hertz  rent a car, hazeltine
>>>>>research, sarnoff labs,
>>>>>and
>>>>>randomhouse publishing, and last but not least
>>>>>their consumer
>>>>>electronics
>>>>>company, this was at the time the largest non
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>oil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>buyout ever,ge started
>>>>>selling what it did not want(everything except
>>>>>nbc), and then made an
>>>>>offer
>>>>>to thomson of france, to swap their combined
>>>>>consumer electronics
>>>>>company
>>>>>for thomson's medical equipment division, seems
>>>>>as though ge really
>>>>>started
>>>>>thomson, then the french nationalized it, now
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>appears that the french
>>>>>have decided to take advantage of the "so
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>called
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>global economy" and buy
>>>>>into the chinese producers so they can  sell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>fine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>products along with
>>>>>funai
>>>>>and apex etc, pretty sad
>>>>>
>>>>>charles betzler
>>>>>Best Electronics
>>>>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:36 PM
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>It's all over now,....but the cryin !
>>>>>>We can't get by without RCA/GE sets,...and we
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>don't want China to be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>involved to anymore degree then they allready
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>are in our Industry.
>>>>>When
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Korea took over control of Zenith by
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>Goldstar,...that's when Zenith
>>>>>went
>>>>>to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>the dogs,...and now we will see that happen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>with RCA (Radio
>>>>>Corporation of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>America),..what a laugh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>LLW
>>>>>>
>>>>>>LeRoy Westlund
>>>>>>Westlund TV & Electronics              I've
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>heard it said:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>93 North Main
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>"that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>a fool never learns"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Centerfield, UT 84622-0087     It kinda
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>reminds
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>me of me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Ph./Fax  435-528-3822
>>>>>>mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>><techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM
>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>But the Chinese have control, and it is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>expected
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>that they will have full ownership in 6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>months
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>so.
>>>>>>>One of Thomson's tech support guys told me
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>that he
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>was going to work at Home Depot, and is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>expecting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>everyone to be laid off in that department.
>>>>>>>He said that people were dissappearing
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>around
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>there
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>every day.
>>>>>>>Oh well, rca couldn't get much worse than
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>ATC311.
>>>>>>>Walter
>>>>>>>--- "Phillip R. Hull"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>><phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Its 2/3 s   Owned by a Co. in China.  That
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>what was said at a RCA meeting
>>>>>>>>a couple of weeks ago.
>>>>>>>>Phillip R Hull     STET
>>>>>>>>phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>FAX 517--569-3075
>>>>>>>>Professional Technicians only
>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics"
>>>>>>>><teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:05 PM
>>>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Some conglomerate from France...me
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>thinks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>-Ed-
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Ed Gaidies
>>>>>>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>>>>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>On
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Behalf Of Keith Trumbla
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:52 PM
>>>>>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Thomson TEC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Who owns Thomson now ?
>>>>>>>>>Keith Trumbla
>>>>>>>>>BEM Electronics Inc.
>>>>>>>>>Suite 212-530 Century St.
>>>>>>>>>WPG. MB. R3H 0Y4 Canada
>>>>>>>>>Ph.204.775.2875 Fax.204.774.9192
>>>>>>>>>www.bemelectronics.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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