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Topic: Most electrifying experience
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Bernard Tonks
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 619
From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-26-2001 03:03 PM
My worst, on several occasions, was when the insulation used to break down on the old Brockliss floor changeover switches which was a large box with a bar plunger! You could do a changeover and there would be a god almighty bang with sparks flying, you felt your foot had been blown off, as well as the mental shock! As the new chief projectionist in this West End cinema needless to say I didn’t put up with this for long. The two house engineers (such luxury in those days) and myself installed new Zipper changeovers with wall press buttons on the three projectors.
____________________________________________________________________The most funny one I heard was when a 3 phase extract fan was repaired, and the engineer connected it back wrong, and it ran in reverse without anyone realising. Now this was a very big fan in a 2,500 seater cine-variety theatre. Apparently the manager was faced with a huge cleaning bill, when the most affected customers in the front circle were all looking like AL JOLSON! 
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-26-2001 10:25 PM
Mark, I had a digital voltmeter connected to the voltage monitor points on an ORC lamphouse when the ignition pulse hit the lamp. The meter said "KA-CHING" and read 007 on any scale or mode I put it in. I sent the meter back for warrenty, and after three weeks, they sent me a brand new one with a note that said to the effect: "We don't exactly know what you hit this thing with, but you did such a good job screwing it up that we could not even fix it. So, here is a new meter to replace the one you toasted" Now, THAT'S what I call a good warrenty. 
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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 09-27-2001 12:41 AM
Paul: I did light paper with the
1B3's, but here's the way I did it:I had an old Olympic B/W set that never really did anything other than buzz while I had it. As a joke, I installed a 1B3 that had an air leak. Then I stuffed a bit of flash paper into the HV cage. A friend came over, and I showed him the set, and told him to watch it and see how good it looked. I turned it on, and left the room for a minute. There was a white flash from the back of the set, and a wet spot on the chair. He never came back. I have new friends now... I never did that one again. Mark G:
Is there not a replacement tube for the 15" RCA CTC-0001 anywhere? As for the 21AXP22, I replaced many of them with 21FBP22, if the set had a safety glass, and 21FJP22A if it didn't have one. My 1961 RCA CTC-10C is still running, and looks good as long as you dont compare it to another set. It has a good high-voltage vertical boost source that got me once through a thought-to-be-insulated screwdriver. Made my arm numb for awhile.
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