[TechAssist] Re: Thunderstorm Season
- From: Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 02:05:28 -0700
Don't the transformer based TV's have the transformer open up before the
rest of the set gets damaged by lightning? Or at the very worst the
bridge rectifier shorts out? Whereas the SMPS may have 10-15 parts that
fail. And if you miss one part (like in the famous Sony TV P/S with the
Q601/2, and VDR) the P/S blows up again?
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 Damon
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 3:03 PM
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thunderstorm Season
Actually the SMPS circuits do a pretty good job of isolating the damage
to
the SMPS primary and maybe the tuner....the old transformer based TV's
had
hidden problems that took weeks to repair, rather than 1 or 2 tries....
Damon Brunger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter oliver" <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thunderstorm Season
| The only problem with thunderstorm season is that the newer sets don't
do
| well with lighting. It use to be we'd get a number of favorable
repairs
now
| some of the sets are so touchy that they are dificult and time
consuming
to
| get to function again properly after a strike. We get about 2 1/2 - 3
mo
of
| severe thunderstorms a year from 2nd week of July to mid Sept of couse
we
| get 60% of our annual 11 inches of rain then too. Set for lighting
damage
| usaully start to show 2-4 weeks after the start of the season any may
keep
| showing as late as Dec. but, usually only untill Oct.... 90
degres?
| Hot??? Ha. Tempratures here are above 100 degrees from May until late
| Septermber. Do any of you charge additional estimate fees for
lighting
| evaluations?
|
| Peter Oliver
| Tucson Radio TV
|
|
| From: "Damon" <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Subject: [TechAssist] Thunderstorm Season
| Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 07:10:10 -0500
|
| Sounds about the same down here in Indiana, need those April / May
storms.
| This year it seems to be pretty quiet....but last year just exploded!
|
| I remember getting out of the van and just listening to the constant
| [crackle/crack!] just above me, and I mean constant. Never had a storm
like
| that before, just the normal crack from time to time....
|
| Ok, kids, no comments on ....(heh, heh..he said crack..heh heh)
|
| Damon Brunger
| Telrad Electronic Services
| Ft Wayne, IN 46815
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Jeff Farnsworth" <jlfonz@xxxxxxxxx>
| To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 10:36 AM
| Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SHOP WILL BE CLOSING 8/30/04
|
|
| | Well theres your problem. "We have a thunderstorm one every 3
years or
| | less." Thunderstorm season is like christmas to most of the rest
of
| | us---and thunderstorm season for us is from april to september.
Heaviest
| in
| | the spring though---and most welcome after the winter drought.
Buisness
| | around here slacked off historically between the day after super
bowl
and
| | thunderstorm season.
| |
| | TV Doctor
| | Avalon, Wi
| |
| |
| | ----- Original Message -----
| | From: "Adolph Gower" <agower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| | To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| | Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 3:48 AM
| | Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SHOP WILL BE CLOSING 8/30/04
| |
| |
| | > No, relocation cost that is taken care of by our weather, No snow,
No
| ice
| | ,
| | > If you want to be in snow and Ice you can go just 70 miles to find
| it.Our
| | > average rainfall is less than 20" , We have a thunderstorm one
every 3
| | years
| | > or less.
| | > We are going into our summer season early this year, had a 90 deg.
day
| 15
| | %
| | > humidity and do not expect to see any rain till end of September
the
| | weather
| | > is boring very little change for months on end .
| | > Lake Folsom is 15 miles away, Lake Tahoe Is 100 miles away,
Sacramento
| | river
| | > is 7 miles away, American river is 2 miles away. Sacramento KINGS
is
10
| | > Miles away sort of a good place to live.
| | > Because we are located 80 miles from the Pacific Ocean we cool off
at
| | night
| | > From a High in the day of 100Deg to 60 Deg. at night.
| | > Adolph Gower
| | > Cordova TV
| | > 10275 Old Placerville Rd. Suite 5
| | > Sacramento, Ca. ZIP 95827
| | > E-mail agower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| | > Phone (916) 363-6565
| | > Fax (916) 363-7623
| | > Phone (916) 363-6565
| | > Fax (916) 363-7623
| | > E-mail agower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| | > Large assortment of used parts
|
|
|
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