22-02-2016, 08:48 AM
First the the waffle! Last week I got to visit George, who has been helping me with my amateur research into the early history of the semiconductor industry. We got ourselves a little off topic at one point and found ourselves reminiscing over the pitfalls of the TV/radio repair trade. George was telling me of an instance when a customer brought in a dead transportable (well, they had a handle on top, if you were strong enough) PYE TV, that he plugged into the only remaining socket in the workshop, a non isolated one, and was promptly delivered a massive shock...The customer had apparently needed the mains lead extended at some previous time and had done the job themselves, replacing the whole lead with a longer new one...but with two cores not three, it then only remained for a fault to develop.
I had come across one of these sets myself but neither of us could remember the model and it's been bugging us ever since, (I'm more of a radio nerd). The TV was a 12 or 14", metal case, controls on top under a flap I think, a 70° magnetically focused tube (very good picture I seem to remember) and two vertical chassis either side of the tube holding the bulk of the electronics, manufactured in the late 50's I'd guess. Is there anyone out there who could kill this memory worm for us, perhaps with a photo? Thanks!
Regards. Andy.
I had come across one of these sets myself but neither of us could remember the model and it's been bugging us ever since, (I'm more of a radio nerd). The TV was a 12 or 14", metal case, controls on top under a flap I think, a 70° magnetically focused tube (very good picture I seem to remember) and two vertical chassis either side of the tube holding the bulk of the electronics, manufactured in the late 50's I'd guess. Is there anyone out there who could kill this memory worm for us, perhaps with a photo? Thanks!
Regards. Andy.
