Arse; who let the smoke out?

Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

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"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:22:06 +0100
"scorched" wrote:


"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran
OK for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated)
and /or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?



Yes, you might have been able to watch The Black and White Minstrel
Show if it had worked!
BTW, I had one do that. It had been in storage for 30 years, but even
so....
My best was when I was a student. We bought £5 TV sets, I had one in my
room at home, which smoked and died as described. It turned out that
everybody in the street had seen massive interference at the same
time, I think I had re-created a Spark-Gap radio transmitter.
We also bought one from an Indian family, which stank of curry until it
had burned off of the valves.
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On Jun 30, 11:22*pm, "scorched" wrote:
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Narsty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

So you claim new for old on your house contents insurance?

And anyway, who wants to watch the old programmes?


They were mostly better than what's on now.

Well, I'm afraid capacitors are not made the way they used to be. I always
though it smelled like decomposing rats.

Brian

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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

Nasty, narsty smoke - stinks, and clings to everything.

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 09:22:11 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Well, I'm afraid capacitors are not made the way they used to be. I always
though it smelled like decomposing rats.

Brian

Surely that's electrolytic rats smelling of decomposing capacitors.

Steve

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On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:25:39 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Plugging in a TV that was last used in 2006 (and was fine) it ran OK
for about two minutes, crackle, arc, smoke - plug out pronto.
Bugger, must've got damp, (although the room was well ventilated) and
/or a couple of caps went off.

The 'arse' was the person who allowed electrical equipment to get damp
then switched it on without first ensuring it was dry :-)

Scott wrote:
The 'arse' was the person who allowed electrical equipment to get damp
then switched it on without first ensuring it was dry :-)

Standard EE exam question: you take some equipment out of storage
and fit it, and on testing it fails. Why?

Answer: 'cos it's been in storage and may have picked up damp.
Leave it at room temperature and humidity for 24 hours before
installing.

JGH

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 06:08:05 -0700 (PDT), jgharston
wrote:

Answer: 'cos it's been in storage and may have picked up damp.
Leave it at room temperature and humidity for 24 hours before
installing.

Actually, it's been at RT&H for months.
This set was in the back room - now, during the winter of '09/10 and
10/11 it got freezing in there, but it's never been a damp room.
Whatever the cause, it will remain uninvestigated as the set is now
lying outside, waiting for a trailer-load to go to the dump.