Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

--
JohnT

"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:22:06 +0100
"scorched" wrote:


"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran
OK for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated)
and /or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?



Yes, you might have been able to watch The Black and White Minstrel
Show if it had worked!
BTW, I had one do that. It had been in storage for 30 years, but even
so....
My best was when I was a student. We bought £5 TV sets, I had one in my
room at home, which smoked and died as described. It turned out that
everybody in the street had seen massive interference at the same
time, I think I had re-created a Spark-Gap radio transmitter.
We also bought one from an Indian family, which stank of curry until it
had burned off of the valves.
--
Davey.

On Jun 30, 11:22*pm, "scorched" wrote:
"JohnT" wrote in message

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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?


They were mostly better than what's on now.

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:25:39 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

The 'arse' was the person who allowed electrical equipment to get damp
then switched it on without first ensuring it was dry :-)

Scott wrote:
The 'arse' was the person who allowed electrical equipment to get damp
then switched it on without first ensuring it was dry :-)

Standard EE exam question: you take some equipment out of storage
and fit it, and on testing it fails. Why?

Answer: 'cos it's been in storage and may have picked up damp.
Leave it at room temperature and humidity for 24 hours before
installing.

JGH

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 06:08:05 -0700 (PDT), jgharston
wrote:

Answer: 'cos it's been in storage and may have picked up damp.
Leave it at room temperature and humidity for 24 hours before
installing.

Actually, it's been at RT&H for months.
This set was in the back room - now, during the winter of '09/10 and
10/11 it got freezing in there, but it's never been a damp room.
Whatever the cause, it will remain uninvestigated as the set is now
lying outside, waiting for a trailer-load to go to the dump.

On Jul 1, 2:41*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:17:25 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:





On Jun 30, 11:22*pm, "scorched" wrote:
"JohnT" wrote in message

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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?

They were mostly better than what's on now.

Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

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Don't forget the cookery programmes.

On 01/07/2012 14:41, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:17:25 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Jun 30, 11:22 pm, wrote:
wrote in message

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"Grimly wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?


They were mostly better than what's on now.

Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.

Or total crap.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

harry wrote:
Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.
Don't forget the cookery programmes.

Or the smash-up-a-decent-building programmes.

At least the American wiring-with-toothpaste-caps programmes
seem to have disappeared.

JGH

"jgharston" wrote in message
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Scott wrote:
The 'arse' was the person who allowed electrical equipment to get damp
then switched it on without first ensuring it was dry :-)

Standard EE exam question: you take some equipment out of storage
and fit it, and on testing it fails. Why?

Answer: 'cos it's been in storage and may have picked up damp.
Leave it at room temperature and humidity for 24 hours before
installing.

That's what they used to say on the packaging of VCRs and such. And tell you
to read the manual from cover to cover before plugging in. Of course
everyone just plugged them in and fired them up, which is why they started
printing 'quick start' guides of a page or so.

--
Max Demian

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:25:39 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK for
about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto. Bugger,
must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and /or a
couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

Did the set go dead or show other signs of failure before you unplugged
it? I've seen the noise supression caps on power supplies fail many a
time and they crackle and let out a lot of smoke, but their demise
doesn't normally stop the device from functioning.

cheers

Jules

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 02:44:55 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

Did the set go dead or show other signs of failure before you unplugged
it? I've seen the noise supression caps on power supplies fail many a
time and they crackle and let out a lot of smoke, but their demise
doesn't normally stop the device from functioning.

No, it was still working but the picture and sound were pretty blurry
and crackly, repectively. It didn't get a chance after that.
Too late now, it's been well and truly rained on.
Next stop, the tip.