skronk Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hi everyone, Joined after lurking for short while. Fitted alarms regularly until 30 years ago !!!! TV Engineer to trade, but alarms were more lucrative ! Will post soon re info about Deltabell plus which I am fitting to new house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Ah the days of studying colour TV .... Yello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hello and welcome, I also started out in the TV & Video servicing world but changed due to a back problem. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Welcome to TSI, where such is the expertise that most members at least know the difference between PAL and STD. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I once caught a STD from a PAL Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I used to fix TV's and videos not as a trade as such, more as a hobby, I used to meet up with a couple of mates one who had a workshop with a scope and tone generator ect. No money in fixing them nowadays, you can buy one for what a couple of hours labour would cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappy Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I did electronic repairs as a YTS, I used to like discharging CRT monitors & making a big f'ck off spark to the chasis Quote Mr Veritas God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 off the lopti? Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Not heard that for years, I did TV and video servicing c&g (224?) used to work in a great old retro shop near Pontefract. I met the owners son @ college and have been best friends since. His grandad started the shop selling and repairing bikes then went on to recharging and selling batteries and progressed to a really busy indi TV, video and hi fi Shop. It's still there (2 shops) but he stopped the electrical side 20 years or so ago. They now sell pet foods in one and gardening gear in the other. Zzzzzz Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 224 was the one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 1 hour ago, MrHappy said: I did electronic repairs as a YTS, I used to like discharging CRT monitors & making a big f'ck off spark to the chasis I used to love charging big caps up on rainy days then throwing them in puddles on the way home from college Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 that be theft then? Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, james.wilson said: that be theft then? All property is theft James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 agreed but i didnt nick it Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 hours ago, al-yeti said: 224 was the one Che3rs big ears, I have pt 1 & 2 somewhere but doubt I'll ever need them. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 14 hours ago, norman said: It's still there (2 shops) but he stopped the electrical side 20 years or so ago. They now sell pet foods in one and gardening gear in the other. Maybe that's the way forward, offer to walk the dog and do the garden while on a resi service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I've done lots of things whilst on a PPM, (fnar) from watering plants to checking oil levels and changing batteries in clocks. In fact I'm calling in to see an ex customer, now friend of 25 years tomorrow because he can't work his Sat Nav in his new car. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I have helped with computer problems, car problems, got stuff out the loft, changed batteries in things etc but never done any gardening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Yes I've done computers, ordered an induction hob for a German couple I know who's English is poor, I also changed their fax machine language to German for them Loads and loads the more I think The gardening was an old dear who answered the door with her watering can in her hand with the greeting of "I'll get the kettle on, you water the plant pots." Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I did cg 224 pt 1,2 and 3. Worked for the old ilea repairing stuff for schools. Learnt the importance of having sleeves live and neutral pins as a 1 penny piece fits perfectly in between all 3 plug pins .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) Meanwhile all the idiots fit plug 'blanks' because the fools think it makes the sockets safer. THINK OF THE CHILDREN! Only last week in a cafe I saw where a 'safety device' had been snapped off, leaving the L+N pins permanently open due to the plastic peg stuck in E... Nice one. Edited June 13, 2017 by datadiffusion Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, datadiffusion said: Meanwhile all the idiots fit plug 'blanks' because the fools think it makes the sockets safer. THINK OF THE CHILDREN! Only last week in a cafe I saw where a 'safety device' had been snapped off, leaving the L+N pins permanently open due to the plastic peg stuck in E... Nice one. Electric shock never killed anyone I often had the back of the TV off when my parents were out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skronk Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Many thanks to all who have taken time to reply. Having moved home from Skye back to Glasgow suburbs....(don't ask...pressure from family) I now feel the need for alarm, but bearing in mind I have not installed for 30 years now, I wonder if it best be left to a professional, though I would like to do it as a wee project. Will ask on relevant forum. Thanks for the welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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