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[tiv48]

from the local tip sorry recyle centre they seem to of set up a small shope hidden in a shed . anyway £1 and it was mine no time to check it yet
rob

[Steve_P]

You can get PP7's from Maplin. I don't know about the model, but it's an early one. So it would still work, as it does not have AF11x transistors in it. Some of those capacitors may require changing, but the value should be written on them.

Look around for a model or type no somewhere.

Cheers,

Steve P.

[tiv48]

found it (trader sheet1535 ) model is bt16 from 1961 cost £10-17s-3d
rob

[OldTickTock]

Well done Rob, here Radio & Television Servicing from 1962-1963 probably don't need it as the Trader sheet is very good, always nice to have though.

Chris

[tiv48]

many thanks for that, saddly i got rid of most of my Radio & Television Servicing books when the shop shut 6 years ago fortunatly i kept the ert and trader sheets its only since i left the trade that i have started restoring vitage electronics .ithink im the only one in twenty miles from here willing to fix any thing with valve in,at a cost that people can afford . i dont charge for labour
keeps my brain active.some people still get upset that i wont look at there iowa music system ect.
rob

[OldTickTock]

Hi Rob your welcome, another shop closed such a shame. Was it your choice or had the trade died out to nothing or people not prepared to pay to fix things any more. MurphyV310 was another that had to close shop, How many years did you run for? Interested to know what TV's were you worked on did you touch many 405's what were your favourites?

Chris

[tiv48]

hi the shop in sharpness ran for 32 years we were still repairing 405 line sets my faverates where any kb and the later dual std
phillips were ok infact the only ones i did not like were some we bought for rental that came from the ussr . when we moved into renting coulor we were buying ex vision hire rentals from tritel in chepstow because i had worked on them befor we had a lot of g6
both single and dual std .alot of murphy on the chome stand in bright coulors and the set with the best picture i had seen phillips k70 and the 100degee k88 .we then had a guy join us who swor by decca i got to love them ,not the most relighable but all stock faults.i then whent on a corse to learn the mystryes of the dreded thorn 3000 , so after that we did a lot of thorn i liked the 9k,9k5 ,8k 8k5 and best of all tx10. with the start of vidio we whent for beta the big top loading sanyo .apart from heads neve had one go wrong ,also had philips and grudig v2000 did not like them,later we bought a lot of amstrad tvr2 and tvr3 the latter was a fantastic bit of kit we bought them as returns from a cattolog company amstrad quality control not very good. the start of the doen turn for me was the introductin of smds and micro prossesor control .buy 1996 things wher getting cheap to buy and spares expensive ,thank you partsmaster or mastercare who wanted to charge £48 for a carrage for a video that cost £74 .so we end up selling the tv rental to another firm and cotiued mainly with white goods and repairs to things that no one ele would look at ps the people who bought are rentals whent bust last year ,so different from when i started in 1968 for electecnecs in stroud when we were turnig work away, mind even then it was more profitable to repair fair grownd pa we had a contract with rodgers fair
in1972 i worked for ron palfry start of the coulor revolution working up to 16 hours a day . sorry if this is a bit of a rambel
i dont think ther will ever be the chance for people to lrarn the skills we have again can you imagin asking a moden day tec if he has a spare moment could you fit an element in a russel hobs kettal? my brain is full of 42 years of changing tec and wont take any more in cheers rob

[OldTickTock]

Rob,

Thank you for that delightful brief trip through your experience and thoughts, never a ramble but gems of tales that can be shared by those of us who enjoy. It is sad those days are no longer, but at least now you can enjoy the hobby and share your thoughts and restorations, and your vast years of experience with us

All the best
Chris

[tiv48]

may be i should charge . but most of the jobs i do tend to fall into 3 groups
1.old people who cant afford mutch and if i did not repair woud end up in the skip
2. yougsters who have an intrest in electronics with loft finds and i show them how to repair .
3 sets and vintage hifi for my collection that get restored not just repaired.
im also not shore of the legality of charging for things that would not pas any safty test.
i agree about the comparison with domestic engineers who on the whol did not have to spend hudreds of £s on scopes and servie data ect.
i do sell some things at a proffit ie dansett record players and bush dac90a radios to a shop in cheltenham ,i think they are used as decorations but that is better than them being dumped
please some one explain why a bog standard dansset is worth £60 when say a hackes is worth £10?
rob

[Mark R]

please some one explain why a bog standard dansset is worth £60 when say a hackes is worth £10?
rob

I guess it is just down to fashion at the time, and what people want to buy

cheers Mark