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Heatercathodeshort · 20th May 2018, 6:54 pm

Shame, My Grandad gave me that mac back in 1960. It had been passed down to him having been worn for Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901. Oh well, all good things have to part company eventually but it was a sad way to end it's life in some desolate motorway recycling bin. Just thinking, it was a bit moth eaten and smelt a bit funny. Maybe it was time to let it go.

600v. That sounds very bad even for a duff LOPT. I think these LOPTs were just about managing in their hey day. The regulation could have been better from new.

The chassis is hardly worthy of a quality rewind and it may be difficult to transplant another LOPT due to feedback pulse windings for the flywheel sync circuit.

You can't win them all but with the aid of one of your infamous adapter plates, who knows? Bye, John.

20th May 2018, 6:54 pm	#23
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Pye CTM4. Shame, My Grandad gave me that mac back in 1960. It had been passed down to him having been worn for Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901. Oh well, all good things have to part company eventually but it was a sad way to end it's life in some desolate motorway recycling bin. Just thinking, it was a bit moth eaten and smelt a bit funny. Maybe it was time to let it go. 600v. That sounds very bad even for a duff LOPT. I think these LOPTs were just about managing in their hey day. The regulation could have been better from new. The chassis is hardly worthy of a quality rewind and it may be difficult to transplant another LOPT due to feedback pulse windings for the flywheel sync circuit. You can't win them all but with the aid of one of your infamous adapter plates, who knows? Bye, John.