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1983 Sanyo Brochure
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The Obscure and missing Continental
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Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
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Fabulous Fablon
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Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
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Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
A Christmas Tale remembered
Mitsubishi PAL Decoder
Converge The RBM A823
Murphy Line Output Transformer Replacement
1977/78 22″ ITT CD662; CVC30-Series
1982 20″ ITT 80-90 Model (unknown)
Retro Tech 2025
Fabulous Finlandia; 1982 Granada C22XZ5
Tales of woe after the storms. (2007)
Live Aerial Mast
Total collapse
What Not To Do
1983 Philips 26CS3890/05R Teletext & Printer
MRG Systems ATP600 Databridge
Teletext Editing Terminal
Microvitec Monitor 1451MS4
BBC Microcomputer TELETEXT Project
Viewdata, Prestel, Philips
Philips Model Identification
1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver
PYE 1980s Brochure
Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50
Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure
Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
Ferguson Videostar Review
She soon put that down
1983 Sanyo Brochure
Wireless World Teletext Decoder
Unitra Brochure
Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)
Thorn TRUMPS 2
Grundig Brochure 1984
The Obscure and missing Continental
G11 Television 1978 – 1980
Reditune
Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Telepart CRT Tester 4A
Random Ebay purchase, a "Telepart CRT Tester 4A" made by C.E.Developments which appear to have been a small business.Â
Needs a bit of work as the combined mains/momentary switch is broken. Also, I'm not exactly happy with a CRT neck supporting the weight of this steel socket box!Â
I'll be trying it out on a sacrificial tube first. I mainly bought this as I fancied reverse-engineering the circuit.
Hmmm, I believe this is the infamous Video Circuits V33 in disguise. Beware, only useful for emission tests, use the reactivation at your peril. I'll say no more than I already added in this thread here https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/community/general-discussion/video-circuits-ltd-panel/
@crustytv there's very little to it!
Also that grey capacitor on the left absolutely stinks. I doubt I'd use this on anything valuable/rare.Â
@lloyd yeah, having studied how this works and heard several warnings I don't think I'll be using it for its intended purpose.
The sockets, case and transformer are all useful.
Hi Wayne, why not consider using case, meter and switches, to build a better version of what your new purchase could have been.
How about adopting this very good circuit? You could modify to utilise the one excellent part in the TelePart tester, namely the meter. If nothing else, it would provide you with endless hours of tinkering (which I know floats your boat) and make a very interesting, and much needed project for the forum.
Edit:
I'll put this circuit as a pdf in the technical library (under test equipment/homebrew), I only posted it in here so those without access can mull it over and contribute.
@crustytv Now you're talking my language! 🤩Â
I'd been looking at some the circuit diagrams in Television magazine etc but this one seems to have passed me by.
The "Television" article is the basis of the Manor supplies unit, there is an error or modification of the circuit, so probably best check subsequent issues of the magazine if you try to build one.
I made one from the Manor supplies instructions, I never rescaled the meter that I salvaged from a scrap transistor tester but I could tell if a CRT was any good. I made it in about 1992 and used it until the early 2000's at that time, keeping a number of industrial Microvitec monitors displaying enough of a usable image until the machine were upgraded to a VGA display for about £3.5k, so it was worth paying me £150 a few times to keep them going.
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I did a bit of electrical safety work on this device as I really didn't trust the dodgy mains wiring (the whole thing wasn't earthed either!) and I tried the test function. Have to say the testing side of things is pretty good:
This is on the tube of my Rediffusion Guildford, which I already knew was pretty flat. Just to emphasise: No way am I using the rejuvenate function on my Rediffusion! I'm tempted to disconnect the rejuvenate functions from the rotary switch.
I've been studying both the CRT Tester and Reactivator in the Television article and the Manor unit mentioned above and I've come up with a rough idea of a rejuvenator that just tickles the cathode rather than strips the thing. I reserve the right to call it "The Tickler"Â
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