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I would be more inclined to trust the NY Times than a Vulcan... Vuclcans are always holding-back and sneaky.
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Man..I HAVE been away too long, I guess....
Some interesting things have been discussed here haven't they??
Someone mentioned lightning:: I am no physicist--BUT...I can think of ONE very REMOTE but MAYBE possible explanation First:: there are a couple of "initial conditions" that would HAVE to be met here--for this to happen. 1--the CABINET MUST have been made of metal. 2--the set MUST have been hooked to an MATV system or rooftop antenna. If so-I think HERE is what MAYBE could have happened: The set is on, playing normally. Lightning, hits the rooftop antenna, or CLOSE (it does NOT really matter if it hit, a close strike is sufficent). For a couple of milliseconds or so, BEFORE the resistance of the lead-in, amp tubes(of the MATV amp, if used) and power cord, casue destruction, a VERY VERY high current/voltage pulse WITH a VERY powerful magnetic field, could enter the set, AND IF it had a metal cabinet, in THEORY, for a brief milisecond, the cabinet COULD have become a VERY powerful magnetic source, before it totally vaporized and exploded. That is my THEORY--as I said--it is a VERY remote possibility--but maybe possible. and it is the ONLY practical explanation I could think of. Because--otherwise, the power line would have to supply more than 500 -1000 amps, to provide probably 15k Gauss of magnetic power, needed to magnetize the cabinet and cause the effect. |
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Hey wait a minute! Vuclcans can't lie ; it's against their nature or something. But the NY Times... remember that reporter covering those two nuts shooting people from the back of a car; dude was writing fiction that made the front page.
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Just how much energy does it take to pull nails out of walls? I bet it is a lot more than can be drawn from A 117 volt circuit, even if the 15 amp fuse ( we are talking 1960's) were removed and a copper penny installed in it's place.
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I'm surprised this topic is now on its 6th page..lol...for the life of me i dont see how this is possible. Even if it was, why only to one brand concidering the circuitry in the tv's of that era were more or less similar. I think this is another one of those urban legends like the guy who attached the jet engine to the top of his 66 Impala and ended up hitting the side of a mountain when it left the ground. Come on...get real!
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I still say it was a one-time lightning strike that, through the grapevine, turned into what is being talked about here. I have read a very detailed Chevy rocket story on the web which sure seems plausible, but is almost certainly made up. Maybe I should write up an exploding GE story and post it somewhere, and see who notices!
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