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G8VAT Wolfman · 25th Oct 2010, 10:07 pm

I have a soft spot for the old Thorn chassis', starting with the 3000 and going up to the 9000, we had loads of them out on rental and consequently I learned a lot about the 3000 switch mode PSU and could fault find them quite easily.

Most people hated this strange PSU which 'would never catch on', now everything has an SMPSU.

I still have the marks to show this experience.. a couple of Vampire holes in me arm from one of the coils on the 3500 convergence board, I was reaching round the back whilst looking at the picture..

A thin jagged line down the back of one hand from the rapid extraction of said hand from the depths of an 8800 whilst standing over the set looking at the pic.. and stuck me knee on the tube base focus voltage.. oh happy days!

I'm gonna be a name dropper now... 3000, 3500, 4000 (yuk) 8000, 8500, 8800, 9000, 9600. (pictures anyone?)

25th Oct 2010, 10:07 pm	#95
G8VAT Wolfman Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 293	Re: Favourite Colour tv's I have a soft spot for the old Thorn chassis', starting with the 3000 and going up to the 9000, we had loads of them out on rental and consequently I learned a lot about the 3000 switch mode PSU and could fault find them quite easily. Most people hated this strange PSU which 'would never catch on', now everything has an SMPSU. I still have the marks to show this experience.. a couple of Vampire holes in me arm from one of the coils on the 3500 convergence board, I was reaching round the back whilst looking at the picture.. A thin jagged line down the back of one hand from the rapid extraction of said hand from the depths of an 8800 whilst standing over the set looking at the pic.. and stuck me knee on the tube base focus voltage.. oh happy days! I'm gonna be a name dropper now... 3000, 3500, 4000 (yuk) 8000, 8500, 8800, 9000, 9600. (pictures anyone?)