On 01-15-95 CHRIS BAUGH wrote to WILLIAM HURN...
 CB> On (09 Jan 95) William Hurn wrote to All...
 CB>
 CB>  WH> I used to do some TV maintenance but am rusty.  My ten year old
 CB>  WH> Zenith takes about 20 seconds to come on after the volume
 CB>  WH> control switch is pulled when it's cold (start-up is fairly
 CB>  WH> normal when it has been run in the last few minutes).
 CB>
 CB> My dad has a vacuum tube powered clock radio that takes a couple of
 CB> minutes to reach normal volume.  He considers this a feature, not a
 CB> bug, as it makes waking up a more gentle experience!
 Ya know the older Zeniths Used an AC input filter for regulation
 of the power Xformer..I think it is a 1.5 Mfd/AC(oilfilled cap)
 also some of the Older TVs' used a Rect diode across the AC
 switch to keep the CRT filiments (and tubes if any) half Lit.
 Your dad may want to try that with His Old raido.
 Just make shure that the (+) goes tword the (DC). powersupply
 that'll keep the B+ from developing high enough to turn on the
 set.
 Good Luck!!
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