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 Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
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Hello , I used to have a old Decca colour TV from 1973, ( Bradford 30 chassis I think ), I used to have a lot of burned out LOPT in these sets , anyone else have these problems with these colour sets ?. ( used to have a PL509 and a py500a ). I would like to hear of anyone who had similar problems with these colour sets back from 1973. thanks.


 
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 Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
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Anyone have similar problems with the line output transformers in the decca hybrid sets from 1973? Please I would really like to hear from you guys? Thanks


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 9:30:07 PM on 21 October 2014.
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 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
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Would probably get more notice if posted in the Television section.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 9:00:58 PM on 22 October 2014.
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 Location: Ballarat, VIC
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I'm too young to have any first hand experience with the old Decca / HMV hybrid sets. I don't believe that they were particularly bad for burning out LOPT's but I do know that they were prone to faults that caused the line drive stabilisation to fail causing high EHT which would lead to repeated tripler and LOPT failure if not fixed.
The problem was due to the type of resistors used in the set. Without fail they drifted high in value and a critical width stabilisation resistor had a habit of going open circuit.


 
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