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Why not just leave the real TV on?
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Fake TV burglar deterrent
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Real TV uses more electricity Real TV will wear out quicker (eg CCFL backlight)
Lidl were selling them for £7.99
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£££££
Boom
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I see. But a real TV amuses the cat/dog/parrot more.
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:19:55 -0000, Tim Watts wro= te:
More like =A3.
Maybe when they had valves.
Like?
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Although it was generally the wax coated capacitors that dripped flaming wax onto the carpet. My uncles early colour TV went up that way in the late 60's. He built his own monochrome set which still worked!
The EHT valve on early colour TVs emitted Xrays and had lead shielding to protect the engineers and lead glass to protect the viewer.
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I though ALL CRTs had lead shielding, and it was x-rays from the electro= n beam.
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No way. My TV (9 years old LCD) significantly heats the room when on - not measured it, but it's in the region of a few hundred watts.
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It's rare, but IMO the less stuff you leave on that has semiconductors direct on mains, the better...
And it wears out your TV..
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:31:37 -0000, Tim Watts wro= te:
Maybe if it's a huge TV. A 20" CRT would use less than that.
Why worry about the unlikely?
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Surely you want to deter real TV burglars?
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And it needs a licence.
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 23:25:24 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:=
Only if someone is watching it.
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I never saw lead shielding, only a large mild steel enclosure.
I imagine the glass envelopes are lead glass as you say.
I have a GY501 and a PD510 in a box somewhere in the garage.
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Ah, would that it were, would that it were.
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We all worry at our own personal worry level. We reach that level by adjusting the amount we worry about the most worrying things we can think of. If we have some very worrying things (terminal illness of partner, threat of imprisonment, etc) we worry about them and not about more routine worries. If we just have the routine worries (waiting for a routine cancer test result, hoping the teenager will not fall off his motorbike, etc) we worry about them. If we have no real worries we amplify minor worries until they fit the personal worry level.
Bill
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I though ALL CRTs had lead shielding, and it was x-rays from the electron beam.
I thought it was the electron beam striking the shadow mask that emitted Xrays.
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I remember Mullard making two versions of certain valves, one with X-ray shielding (lead glass?) and one without.
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Looks like my memory wasn't quite accurate. I think the two rectifiers were the DY86 and DY87, the difference being a chemical treatment on the bulb to reduce flashover.
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"You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder."
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"If you watch or record programmes as they're being shown on TV or an online TV service, you need to be covered by a TV Licence. This is the case whether you use a TV, computer, tablet, mobile phone, games console, digital box, DVD/VHS recorder or any other device."
"If you don't watch TV at all, or you only ever watch on demand or catch-up TV, you can tell us you don't need a TV Licence. Please check the frequently asked questions below and then complete our No Licence Needed Declaration."
Where does any of that mention possession of receiving apparatus? It only mentions "watching" or "recording" on any platform and then only if "watching" or "recording" simultaneously with broadcast on any platform.
I guess they had to drop the possession of receiving apparatus as it became too difficult to define what receiving apparatus actually is.
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A better link is
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The actual law says: "A television receiver must not be installed or used unless the installation and use of the receiver is authorised by a licence under this Part."
You can try claiming that a TV which is switched on and displaying a broadcast program is not "being used" unless someone is watching it, but I really, really doubt it would work.