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Re: Common operational misconceptions


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:55:01 -0500

On 2/17/2012 12:00 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
If the TV went on the blink (they all did then), you opened up the
back, looked for fried components, and if one of the resistors was
smoking, you soldered in a replacement. Or you took the tubes down to
the local drugstore and tested them.

Wow...  would be handy if Radio Shack stocked router modules and blades,
and chassis to test your suspect ones?   :)

(Yes, remember the tube testers as well...)

Jeff


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