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Old 10-29-2010, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by oldtvman View Post
always use a silicon based cleaner. Remember when your dad used to yell at you for turning the tuner too fast. That is actually better for the contacts than just setting there getting oxidized.
I remember that as a kid. The picture tube could go bad and dad would say it was because the kids were changing channels too fast. There was also the belief that if you left a set playing on an unoccupied channel it was bad for the tubes.
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