Soft turn on for old color unit for color??

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Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

As I saw it, the Thyrite in the CTC10 was there to limit the filter cap initial charging current, protect the power supply diodes that have to pass the high current surge of the filter caps, and even as a secondary benefit, the on-off switch sees much less turn-on stress. It also gave me a warm fuzzy when I watched the #47 lamp ramp up to full brightness in the two seconds or so that it took, because all the filaments were slow-starting too. To me Thyrite is a Stress Tab for electronics.

Anybody know of an available online source for a suitable replacement for this part? It is a thermistor, 79 ohms (cold). thanks
Speaking of switches, the switch in my hair dryer went bad this morning, I could see flames shooting out of it thru the white plastic housing. It finally quit and I finished drying my hair (which now smells like a burned transformer!) and then I unplugged it, ran water thru it and tossed it, time to buy another one!