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G6Tanuki · 31st Oct 2017, 7:06 pm

I remember once finding a TV where a failed dropper-resistor had been replaced by one of the cylindrical 'corn cob' ceramic heaters as used in the old parabolic-bowl electric fires, with some of the turns short-circuited.

This was mounted on a piece of (by now well carbonised) wooden dowel screwed to the inside of the [wooden] case. I guess combustibility-testing was something that had been left to the customer to complete.

31st Oct 2017, 7:06 pm	#22
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Thought this might amuse you... I remember once finding a TV where a failed dropper-resistor had been replaced by one of the cylindrical 'corn cob' ceramic heaters as used in the old parabolic-bowl electric fires, with some of the turns short-circuited. This was mounted on a piece of (by now well carbonised) wooden dowel screwed to the inside of the [wooden] case. I guess combustibility-testing was something that had been left to the customer to complete.