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Originally Posted by IsthmusTV
Hmm, you are right. I stand (err, sit) corrected. The slide switch on the back of the set that I thought was an instant on switch is actually a low/high line voltage switch. I could've sworn this set had instant on. I guess that's what 20+ years does to my memory 
-Clark |
I think those DID have instant-on... Not sure if it was switchable or not, but I can remember seeing the degaussing coil still bending the picture around as the screen was lighting up. There was a public scare in the late 70s about house fires from instant-on TVs, and many of them were modified to be no longer instant-on. I don't remember the RCAs having a fire reputation; rather I think it was mainly the Japanese tube hybrid sets which kept all the tubes at 3 or 4 volts, causing a constant load.
Charles
02-11-2013, 11:19 AM
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