Decca CTV leaves my workshop. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

FERNSEH · 10th Dec 2011, 5:32 pm

At last the Decca CTV25 will soon be heading south. Forum members will remember that this is the set I finally gave up with just before I was taken to hospital in October. The pictures show volunteers Gary and Mike lifting the set into the superb French made car that Mike recently acquired.
The other pictures show an old TV set which is to be put in the bin. I've ran out of Bush TV22s.

DFWB.

Heatercathodeshort · 10th Dec 2011, 5:52 pm

Yes dump it David. Shocking dangerous killer! The Invicta version of the PYE D16T.
Nice to see your up and about and getting back into the old telly movement. Very cold down south for the first time this winter. All the best David, John.

davegsm82 · 10th Dec 2011, 5:53 pm

If only I had more room....

Dave.

FERNSEH · 10th Dec 2011, 5:58 pm

Hi John,
Yes I'm back in the shop, doing vintage stuff. It's freezing in here, we've had to burn two TV22s already to keep warm.

Regards,
David.

dominicbeesley · 10th Dec 2011, 6:09 pm

Nah, you get a lot more flame from a TV24!

D

murphyv310 · 10th Dec 2011, 6:15 pm

Bakelite gives off a good old heat once it starts.
That Decca would have given a fair old heat David with all that plywood to burn, Surely all you needed to do was switch it on and wait till the LOPT started a nice fire!

Peter.N. · 10th Dec 2011, 6:26 pm

Have you ever had a TV22 with a s/c large filter capacitor between the outside of the chassis and the case? The WW resistor in series with it glows merrily and makes the bakelite to hot to touch, but the set carries happliy on!

Peter

BGmidsUK · 16th Dec 2011, 7:36 pm

I might have to come up on a rescue mission!

Brian

Mike Phelan · 17th Dec 2011, 9:56 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by FERNSEH

It's freezing in here, we've had to burn two TV22s already to keep warm.

Regards,
David.

You need a few B&O hybrids or G6s on the soak bench, David!

FERNSEH · 19th Dec 2011, 12:54 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Phelan

Quote:

Originally Posted by FERNSEH

It's freezing in here, we've had to burn two TV22s already to keep warm.

Regards,
David.

You need a few B&O hybrids or G6s on the soak bench, David!

Hi Mike,
There are no G6 or B&O TVs in the shop but I'd reckon that the Pye 405 CTV could soon warm the place up. It's got three 0.3amp heater chains. It's got something like thirty valves!
I'm going into the shop tomorrow to switch on the night storage heaters so it'll take two days to warm up the place.

DFWB.

10th Dec 2011, 5:32 pm	#1
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Decca CTV leaves my workshop. At last the Decca CTV25 will soon be heading south. Forum members will remember that this is the set I finally gave up with just before I was taken to hospital in October. The pictures show volunteers Gary and Mike lifting the set into the superb French made car that Mike recently acquired. The other pictures show an old TV set which is to be put in the bin. I've ran out of Bush TV22s. DFWB. Attached Thumbnails

10th Dec 2011, 5:52 pm	#2
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. Yes dump it David. Shocking dangerous killer! The Invicta version of the PYE D16T. Nice to see your up and about and getting back into the old telly movement. Very cold down south for the first time this winter. All the best David, John.

10th Dec 2011, 5:53 pm	#3
davegsm82 Heptode Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Posts: 858	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. If only I had more room.... Dave.

10th Dec 2011, 5:58 pm	#4
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. Hi John, Yes I'm back in the shop, doing vintage stuff. It's freezing in here, we've had to burn two TV22s already to keep warm. Regards, David.

10th Dec 2011, 6:09 pm	#5
dominicbeesley Octode Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,885	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. Nah, you get a lot more flame from a TV24! D

10th Dec 2011, 6:15 pm	#6
murphyv310 Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, UK. Posts: 5,421	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. Bakelite gives off a good old heat once it starts. That Decca would have given a fair old heat David with all that plywood to burn, Surely all you needed to do was switch it on and wait till the LOPT started a nice fire! __________________ Cheers, Trevor. MM0KJJ. RSGB, GQRP, WACRAL, K&LARC. Member

10th Dec 2011, 6:26 pm	#7
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. Have you ever had a TV22 with a s/c large filter capacitor between the outside of the chassis and the case? The WW resistor in series with it glows merrily and makes the bakelite to hot to touch, but the set carries happliy on! Peter

16th Dec 2011, 7:36 pm	#8
BGmidsUK Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Leicester, UK. Posts: 809	Re: Decca CTV leaves my workshop. I might have to come up on a rescue mission! Brian