Texas recycles day 2007

[bgadow]

It's always tempting to try and get a foot in the door at the local electronics recycling day but I really don't have the space for half what I'd likely bring home.

Now, Friday I dropped off some stuff at our town's recycling igloos and somebody had left a TV on the ground out there. 25" Zenith System 3 table model from about 86/87. A little muddy inside and out from sitting there through a little rain. Brought it home and it works perfectly! Off to freecycle it goes. Yesterday I stopped to pull another set out of the ditch. Turned out to be a Sylvania TV/VCR/DVD combo, one of those nasty walmart specials. Full of water-I might plug it in just to see what happens.

[YamahaFreak]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Yesterday I stopped to pull another set out of the ditch. Turned out to be a Sylvania TV/VCR/DVD combo, one of those nasty Wal-Mart specials. Full of water-I might plug it in just to see what happens.

Keep us posted.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Yesterday I stopped to pull another set out of the ditch. Turned out to be a Sylvania TV/VCR/DVD combo, one of those nasty walmart specials. Full of water-I might plug it in just to see what happens.

Yeah, plug it into a long extension cord at night and have a video camera going to capture the effects. I've got a 9" Memorex (same crap) TV/DVD combination that was a reject from the local shop. He never opened it. After spending half a day getting it apart, I found that the HOT was shorted. It's one of those new ones that's not near the size of the old HOT's. Got the set going thanks to a junk board; but, it didn't stay fixed. Tonight, I turned it on and the red light came on and that was it. I calmly unplugged it and slung it on the trash pile of junk waiting to be hauled off! A friend brought me his 2005 Toshiba (Funai) TV/VCR combo. It works for a while and then shuts down. It's one of those that will take half a day to tear into and I'm just not going to waste my time with it. I'm sure it's just a cap heating up; but, why bother? Something else would just fail in six months (or less) and then I'd hear about it! I could just let him have, oh say, a 1977 XL-100; but, that would be TOO OLD!

[Keefla]

Something else would just fail in six months (or less) and then I'd hear about it!

yeah as a mechanic i have those 'friends cars' that i work on as side jobs, never been in for service and have 150k on them and from that day on ANYTHING that squeaks, rattles, leaks and falls off the car i hear about and its expected that i fix it free cause it 'must be related' to what i did. I too avoid that kinda side job like the plague.

[zenith2134]

TV techs always get the blame after a repair... Its true, very similar to a mechanic's work.

If you repair the vertical out, and then a year later the set loses power its your fault! people are funny when it comes to repairs.

As for today's crt sets, especially anything funai, just advise that they toss it, since its only designed to work through its warranty period, if that long.

[jpdylon]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Yesterday I stopped to pull another set out of the ditch. Turned out to be a Sylvania TV/VCR/DVD combo, one of those nasty walmart specials. Full of water-I might plug it in just to see what happens.

Don't forget the short across the power relay so it stays on first