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dennis
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In article , Dave Plowman (News) scribeth thus

Me too, but some kits were much better than others but the Rogers version of the design is the best one as I'm sure you know!...

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tony sayer

The kits in question were unassembled genuine 3/5a made by Chartwell. IIRC, cost 70 quid - a lot in the '70s. Rumour was that Chartwell expected a large order for complete units which fell through, so they sold the bits off to aid cash flow.

Of course places like Falcon do kits today - but I've no experience of them. Except that Falcon are a pretty decent company.

Right. Rogers did seem to be the maker of choice for the BBC at that time, with the LS5/8, etc.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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Just about the same, inflation adjusted.

I have some ATC SCM7s, which I'd guess are similar. Find them too bass light for TV.

Reply to
RJH

Yes not cheap but you can sometimes find more reasonably priced pairs on e-bay well sometimes...

Interesting ... I wonder if they do splitter amps for LS5/8's?..

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tony sayer

Possible, but I suspect not. There was a lead time of many months between ordering my kit and receiving it, which tends to negate that rumour. I was told that the woodwork was subcontracted to Dynatron. I was at Research Dept. at Kingswood Warren as a "Pre-University Trainee" so I did get to meet many of the people involved. I saw the test rigs where modulus of elasticity and damping factor of differnt wood samples were measured. The bit I was in was "Storage & Recording section" which was very involved in digital television at that time (1974), but I was made very welcome to wander around and see what other departments were doing.

John

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jrwalliker

You're the one that admitted socialism works, only a few posts ago!

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Fredxxx

Ah. I don't remember having to wait long.

Quite possible. Cabinet making could well have been contracted out by Chartwell. Perhaps other bits too.

I was studios, so never really knew any of those involved in the design.

I'm also not sure why the kits were only offered to BBC employees - perhaps a way of not having to pay royalties?

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Dave Plowman (News)

On the actual PS PCB, a number of caps - but not all - were sort of glued to the PCB with a white glue.

On the track side, some parts had what looked like normal (almost clear) hot melt glue covering them.

So what is the white stuff? Some sort of heat conducting glue? It wasn't just used to secure electrolytics which were laid flat - but over most of the ceramics too. The electrolytics which were mounted normally had none of this stuff.

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Dave Plowman (News)

No, I didn't. That was how you twisted it to suit your bigotry.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Took a gamble and bought a used PS off Ebay for 40 quid. Arrived this morning and it works.

So can attempt to find the problem with the old one at my leisure. ;-)

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Dave Plowman (News)

What's Harry and/or Rod got to do with this ;-)

Reply to
whisky-dave

Have you spoken to Panasonic? Many of these sets come with 3 to 5 years protection provided by the manufacturer.

Reply to
John Rumm

It's a Samsung. And according to the blurb I could find, only a one year warranty. But given the hassle of transporting a large screen TV, I've fixed it myself. Used PS from Ebay.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Oops, should have ready the title...

Having said that I had a LG repaired by them under warranty, and they sent a bloke out to swap the main panel on site.

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John Rumm

Neighbour has just had a Panasonic lcd repaired at home for £35.

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stuart noble

That's incredible. I'd say must be subsidised?

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Dave Plowman (News)

Just a guy from Thomsons Local. However, I've since learnt he didn't give a guarantee because he wasn't able to completely cure the fault. It now takes a few seconds to start, but that's better than not starting at all.

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stuart noble

He has to presumably run a van. Just removing the back and replacing it is going to take some time before doing any fault finding or repair, before parts cost. I'm surprised he can break even at £35 quid.

I paid over £35 for a used PS from Ebay.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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