Brian Gaff wrote:
He will then find there is a defect in the bearing or pullwey and need a
spare.
We used to make TVs in this country back in the early 70s, but they needed
a live in engineer for the first couple of months.


Brian


That's because a lot of the market was rental and you needed to prove
to the customer that it was cheaper than buying the product. Redifusion
used to recall their sets after about 5 years and refurbish them to get
another 5 years life cheaply. The ideal fault free life was 12 months
IIRC! The Japanese buggered up the market by making reliable sets!