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Originally Posted by fetteler
Let's not make too much of it, everyone has 'sub optimal' days!
Steve.
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....not helped by too much alcohol and being only 18 at the time! My first 'goof' was one Christmas eve although the problem didn't actually manifest itself until about 6 months later.
My first job at a small family-run business. I was tasked with finding the cause of a frame collapse on a 17" Pye TV. Being Christmas Eve there was a certain amount of urgency to get the last few remaining sets out. Nice easy job, cathode resistor, bypass electrolytic and a new PCL82 and the frame on the Pye Pioneer was restored. The chief engineer tapped me on the shoulder pointing to his watch which indicated lunchtime and a motion to join him down the pub for a traditional Christmas pint...or two. I decided to leave assembling the Pye set until the return from the pub. An hour and a half later with three pints of Youngs Special inside me and a slightly muzzy head, we returned to the workshop to finish off the last couple of sets. It took me no time at all to reassemble the Pye set and a final test showed all was well and it was duly returned to the delighted customer. Fast forward 6 months and the Pye set once again appears in the workshop....different fault of no sound. A quick check proved the customer was right so turned the set off and proceeded to remove the back. As the back came away, there was a clattering sound and a strange whooshing noise as the chassis together with the neck of the tube fell out and dangled on wires....!
The story had a happy ending. The chief engineer who saw the funny side of it, when he had recovered from laughing, set about helping me sort it all out. He also handed me a box of screws which should have gone back in the Pye set on Christmas Eve....! He'd been wondering where they came from for 6 months.....! He found a good tube in a scrap set and I set about fitting it and then sorting out the original fault of no sound (which was another PCL82 and cathode resistor). I made absolutely sure that all screws were fitted this time but it was a 'sobering' experience!