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Norman Raeburn · 21st Feb 2020, 4:00 pm

I found this bodge in an old tv I scrapped a few months ago. I don’t know if it was a poor field repair or an amateur bodge. It’s one of the worst I have seen. Norman

John10b · 21st Feb 2020, 4:13 pm

That is pretty poor, I don’t recall seeing a job, even temporary, that bad.
John

Radio Wrangler · 21st Feb 2020, 4:15 pm

That looks like a genuine original BY100

Historic bodge! Couldn't even clean the glass and cement out of the octal base.

David

AC/HL · 21st Feb 2020, 4:16 pm

Looks like it ran for a while though, served it's purpose!

raditechman · 21st Feb 2020, 5:02 pm

Well at least it is easily reversible should a suitable valve come along.

John

21st Feb 2020, 7:39 pm

A real bodge wouldn't have the resistors.

G6Tanuki · 21st Feb 2020, 7:48 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norman Raeburn

I found this bodge in an old tv I scrapped a few months ago. I don’t know if it was a poor field repair or an amateur bodge. It’s one of the worst I have seen. Norman

I guess it served its purpose - to eke out a few more months of life from a TV that really should have long since been lobbed into the local midden.

greg_simons · 21st Feb 2020, 7:48 pm

Never seen anything that bad, just the usual dropper sections hanging like bunches of grapes from tired old dropper colums, are those parts even soldered?, horrible bit of work.
Greg.

Norman Raeburn · 21st Feb 2020, 7:53 pm

The resistor has been shorted out!!! When I saw that and various other bodges in the set I decided to scrap it. There had been an attempt to solder the connections but that was poor. Norman

GrimJosef · 21st Feb 2020, 8:34 pm

Wow. So bad it's good ? Um ... no.

Cheers,

GJ

McMurdo · 21st Feb 2020, 8:59 pm

would anyone think bad of me if I say I'm impressed? Field repair for sure. I remember being called out to an AEI mercury thyratron based speed controller at a textile mill in the late 80's to find the rectifier valve with an open filament. Wandering into the local B&O showroom (the only tv shop in the town) yielded nothing, so a similar bodge was effected. Vital production of the UK's velcro supply was ensured.

John10b · 21st Feb 2020, 11:18 pm

I can understand a situation, perhaps just before a big sports event, when any thing temporary will do to get a set working, so in that respect it worked, however I still think it’s very shoddy.
John

Refugee · 22nd Feb 2020, 1:29 am

Is that not electric fire element wire wrapped around the resistors?

Graham G3ZVT · 22nd Feb 2020, 4:32 am

Nichrome is a bu***r to solder!

OK confession time. I have been known to repair droppers by unwinding half a turn from each side of the break and twisting the ends together out of sight at the back of the dropper. Looked neater than a 10W resistor or RS "section" wired across.

A manager I once had used to warn us against bridging droppers. He had a word for it, "kipps" "No kipps on droppers" he would say, does that sound familiar to anyone? He was a Scot if that helps.

AC/HL · 22nd Feb 2020, 2:02 pm

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/kipp
Suitably derogatory!

60 oldjohn · 24th Feb 2020, 12:25 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norman Raeburn

I found this bodge in an old tv I scrapped a few months ago. I don’t know if it was a poor field repair or an amateur bodge. It’s one of the worst I have seen. Norman

Someone maybe read this https://www.americanradiohistory.com...PW-1968-01.pdf Page 677.

John.

21st Feb 2020, 4:00 pm	#1
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21st Feb 2020, 4:13 pm	#2
John10b Nonode Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Posts: 2,882	Re: For your amusement That is pretty poor, I don’t recall seeing a job, even temporary, that bad. John

21st Feb 2020, 4:15 pm	#3
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,858	Re: For your amusement That looks like a genuine original BY100 Historic bodge! Couldn't even clean the glass and cement out of the octal base. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

21st Feb 2020, 4:16 pm	#4
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: For your amusement Looks like it ran for a while though, served it's purpose!

21st Feb 2020, 5:02 pm	#5
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Re: For your amusement Well at least it is easily reversible should a suitable valve come along. John

21st Feb 2020, 7:39 pm	#6
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: For your amusement A real bodge wouldn't have the resistors.

21st Feb 2020, 7:48 pm	#8
greg_simons Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Evesham, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 1,421	Re: For your amusement Never seen anything that bad, just the usual dropper sections hanging like bunches of grapes from tired old dropper colums, are those parts even soldered?, horrible bit of work. Greg. __________________ Picture, sound?, DOOR.

21st Feb 2020, 7:53 pm	#9
Norman Raeburn Heptode Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Leven, Fife, Scotland Posts: 823	Re: For your amusement The resistor has been shorted out!!! When I saw that and various other bodges in the set I decided to scrap it. There had been an attempt to solder the connections but that was poor. Norman

21st Feb 2020, 8:34 pm	#10
GrimJosef Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,311	Re: For your amusement Wow. So bad it's good ? Um ... no. Cheers, GJ __________________ http://www.ampregen.com

21st Feb 2020, 8:59 pm	#11
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,269	Re: For your amusement would anyone think bad of me if I say I'm impressed? Field repair for sure. I remember being called out to an AEI mercury thyratron based speed controller at a textile mill in the late 80's to find the rectifier valve with an open filament. Wandering into the local B&O showroom (the only tv shop in the town) yielded nothing, so a similar bodge was effected. Vital production of the UK's velcro supply was ensured. __________________ Kevin

21st Feb 2020, 11:18 pm	#12
John10b Nonode Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Posts: 2,882	Re: For your amusement I can understand a situation, perhaps just before a big sports event, when any thing temporary will do to get a set working, so in that respect it worked, however I still think it’s very shoddy. John

22nd Feb 2020, 1:29 am	#13
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,553	Re: For your amusement Is that not electric fire element wire wrapped around the resistors?

22nd Feb 2020, 4:32 am	#14
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,710	Re: For your amusement Nichrome is a bu**r to solder! OK confession time. I have been known to repair droppers by unwinding half a turn from each side of the break and twisting the ends together out of sight at the back of the dropper. Looked neater than a 10W resistor or RS "section" wired across. A manager I once had used to warn us against bridging droppers. He had a word for it, "kipps" "No kipps on droppers" he would say, does that sound familiar to anyone? He was a Scot if that helps. __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT Last edited by Graham G3ZVT; 22nd Feb 2020 at 4:43 am.*

22nd Feb 2020, 2:02 pm	#15
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: For your amusement https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/kipp Suitably derogatory!