On 5/11/2011 6:39 PM, David C. Hallam wrote:
> I wish we had some of the 1960's color TV. They were an excellent
> source of power transformers.
So did some of the older B&W sets. Those old tube sets were real power
hogs and many of the power transformers were larger than the one in my HT32.
I used the whole PS out of one...or in one...and built a 90 watt out cW
rig right on the chassis. Big and ugly, but it worked.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> David
> KW4DH
>
> On 5/11/2011 6:29 PM, Glen Zook wrote:
>> They float! At least all of those that a guy who owned a garage TV shop
>> down the block from my parents house took down to the river and used for
>> target practice with a .22 calibre rifle did. Now this was back in the mid
>> 1950s when no one was concerned about such things.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> Website: http://k9sth.com
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>>
>> --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Rob Stampfli<rob@cboh.org> wrote:
>>
>> I have a friend who removed a rather large picture tube from a console once.
>> I think it was around 27" diagonally. He wanted to dispose of the tube and
>> electronics and re-use the cabinet. The tube was much heavier than I would
>> have thought. I guess those tubes have to be pretty thick on their face if
>> they are to be anywhere near flat. (And, the glass there is probably leaded
>> to cut down on soft x-rays.)
>>
>> Anyway, we pondered whether the picture tube would float or not. I said it
>> would; my friend said, no, too heavy. We were going to fill a large trash
>> container with water and test it, but never got around to it.
>>
>> So, what's the verdict: sink or float?
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