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Originally Posted by rambo1152
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Originally Posted by ms660
I'm sure there was some outfit that used a diode for heaters when in standby mode.
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Yes, precisely that. Diode in series with the heater chain, BY100 probably, and switch off the feed to the HT rectifier, if I remember correctly. |
The US built transformerless color sets used that scheme. Some used a complicated and pricey on-off switch that had a pot-metal actuator assembly to would break and disabled the set. On many of them, I just rewired the good part of the switch to disable the instant-on and get the set working again.
Most set owner's didn't like that feature anyway, as it wasted electricity.
