Arse; who let the smoke out?

On Sunday, 1 July 2012 11:23:33 UTC+1, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
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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What about the smell when the tripler went in the old b&w Thorn tvs..I had a customer who kicked the dog out, blaming the poor pooch for the aroma

On 01/07/2012 14:40, wrote:
On Sunday, 1 July 2012 11:23:33 UTC+1, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
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.

Wasn't that a Philip K Dick SF novel.... ?

G

On Jul 1, 2:41*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:17:25 -0700 (PDT), harry
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On Jun 30, 11:22*pm, "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?

They were mostly better than what's on now.

Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.
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Don't forget the cookery programmes.

On 01/07/2012 14:41, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:17:25 -0700 (PDT),
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On Jun 30, 11:22 pm, wrote:
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"Grimly 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.

Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.

Or total crap.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

harry wrote:
Most of what's on now is either sport or old programmes.
Don't forget the cookery programmes.

Or the smash-up-a-decent-building programmes.

At least the American wiring-with-toothpaste-caps programmes
seem to have disappeared.

JGH

"jgharston" wrote in message
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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.

That's what they used to say on the packaging of VCRs and such. And tell you
to read the manual from cover to cover before plugging in. Of course
everyone just plugged them in and fired them up, which is why they started
printing 'quick start' guides of a page or so.

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Max Demian

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.

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

Did the set go dead or show other signs of failure before you unplugged
it? I've seen the noise supression caps on power supplies fail many a
time and they crackle and let out a lot of smoke, but their demise
doesn't normally stop the device from functioning.

cheers

Jules

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 02:44:55 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

Did the set go dead or show other signs of failure before you unplugged
it? I've seen the noise supression caps on power supplies fail many a
time and they crackle and let out a lot of smoke, but their demise
doesn't normally stop the device from functioning.

No, it was still working but the picture and sound were pretty blurry
and crackly, repectively. It didn't get a chance after that.
Too late now, it's been well and truly rained on.
Next stop, the tip.