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someone asked
Question
If my old TV set is switched on for any length of time it begins to emit a
high-pitched noise. If I hit the TV it solves the problem, but a few minutes
later the noise returns. What is happening?
Ewan Chilton , Crawthorne Berkshire
and one of the reply's
This is a common phenomenon in my area. It even has a name, according to a
local expert: " 's on the blink, mate". What's happening, it seems, is that
"the wossname's arcing against the thing at the back what regulates the
current". It can be stopped, but not, apparently, if you expect to see much
change out of 40. On the whole, you'd be better advised either to put up
with the noise without asking too many questions, or to take your TV to the
local dump.
Robert Wright , Liphook Hampshire
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw114
someone asked
Question
If my old TV set is switched on for any length of time it begins to emit a
high-pitched noise. If I hit the TV it solves the problem, but a few minutes
later the noise returns. What is happening?
Ewan Chilton , Crawthorne Berkshire
and one of the reply's
This is a common phenomenon in my area. It even has a name, according to a
local expert: " 's on the blink, mate". What's happening, it seems, is that
"the wossname's arcing against the thing at the back what regulates the
current". It can be stopped, but not, apparently, if you expect to see much
change out of 40. On the whole, you'd be better advised either to put up
with the noise without asking too many questions, or to take your TV to the
local dump.
Robert Wright , Liphook Hampshire