[TechAssist] Re: When do TVs implode?
- From: "Satguy" <satguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:05:33 -0700
When I was a kid we would take old tubes out in a field charge them up a
little with a wire my dad made from an electric fencer. Then get away and
shoot them with a 30-30 and when it hit the tube it looked like rain. Until
this subject was brought up I never really thought about it.
Shaun
Advanced Electronics
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
(970) 867-3124
satguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: <Philstv@xxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: When do TVs implode?
> My Dad had his own business since the time I was born, and I've been in
> business 22 years making that total of 46 years and have yet to see a CRT
> implode. I've seen CRT's split from the banding strap being too tight
while
> working for RCA Service back in the late 70's. I've had the neck sheared
off
> from a picture hanging on the wall fall down behind the set. I have thrown
> rocks at the face of dude tubes that RCA didn't require back under
warranty,
> just the neck with serial number and none of this caused implosion. I have
> heard stories of them doing just this from some of the older tech's at
RCA,
> but all of them were from black & white tubes.
>
> Phil@Phil's TV & VCR
> 34651 Ford Road
> Westland.MI. 48185
> 734-728-5925
> www.philstv.com
>
>
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