Owning & Caring for Vintage Colors

[zeno]

On the fire issue in almost 40 yrs of TV repair I have
never seen a set go into open flame burning. We saw
plenty of dried up junk but never a fire. Things burned
but it always was limited. FBT's & triplers could be
spectacular but it stopped there. Resistors glowed white hot
& smelled like dog doot. Rooms filled with acrid smoke.
But never a real fire. Yes you could light your smoke
on it.

Bottom line is just dont leave things old running when you
go. Just like burning brush. Use a little common sense.
The crude extension cord isnt much of a risk. They do
have a voltage drop so a little heat. Feel any cord moving some
watts & it will get warm.

73 Zeno

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by zeno

Resistors glowed white hot
& smelled like dog doot. Rooms filled with acrid smoke.
But never a real fire. Yes you could light your smoke
on it.

73 Zeno

You've done this? If so, high-five!

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

You've done this? If so, high-five!

Actually the Weller gun also lit cigarettes & degaused.

73 Zeno

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

You've done this? If so, high-five!

I forgot. We also had a big heat gun. Worked better but you had to
be careful it could melt your hair.

73 Zeno

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by zeno

On the fire issue in almost 40 yrs of TV repair I have
never seen a set go into open flame burning.
73 Zeno

There were some full-blown fires including house fires caused by RCA CTC-25 power switches arcing. RCA issued a preemptive upgrade and we installed the new switches on every '25 that came thru the shop.

We had a trade-in cheapy 'suitcase' record player (xtal cartridge, 50C5 and 35W4, tapped motor winding for heater dropper), no fuse at all. It had a bad filter cap (about a 50/30 at 150V, wax coated tubular) that was running hot. For a 'controlled experiment' we let the thing run to see what would happen. The cap began smoking, and did go into open flame fed by the wax. Shudderd to think if the thing was in somebody's house and left on.