23-04-2013, 09:47 AM
Head in the sand management comes to mind as does cheap labour and the shipping container.
I remember the Japs making inroads in the R&TV trade with their better quality and more reliable products, I remember as a TV engineer that one of the most common faults/callouts was EHT arcing around the CRT's final anode connection, the reason why was simple, crappy polythene EHT caps that only fitted where they touched, the Japs used some kind of silicon based cap that sucked on to the CRT like nothing else, simples.
The attitude of many manufactures in this country was "If it ain't broke don't fix it" Well it was broke and they were warned that it was broke but they chose to ignore it.
Lawrence.
I remember the Japs making inroads in the R&TV trade with their better quality and more reliable products, I remember as a TV engineer that one of the most common faults/callouts was EHT arcing around the CRT's final anode connection, the reason why was simple, crappy polythene EHT caps that only fitted where they touched, the Japs used some kind of silicon based cap that sucked on to the CRT like nothing else, simples.
The attitude of many manufactures in this country was "If it ain't broke don't fix it" Well it was broke and they were warned that it was broke but they chose to ignore it.
Lawrence.
