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OldLes:
Hi guys. Not sure if correct place, but here goes.
About 3 years ago I started playing with LCD TVs as a bit of a diversion, mostly obtaining scrapped sets from our Amenity sites. I have four working sets here (one still an LED experiment when time and inclination return) but of the many I could not fix, or had damaged screens, I retained the panels.
However, the amenity sites now charge for any TVs deposited, and will not allow any to be taken away, so my source has dried up, and this was never an exercise in spending money, so time to get rid of all those panels. Obviously I could sneak them back into the amenity sites, or stick on Ebay, but maybe they could be useful to anybody here (UK only in practice). Obviously I would expect cost to be covered, and maybe a small donation, but this is not a get rich quick exercise. Probably best if I pack stuff and whoever wants them arranges collection. Of course anybody with a pal visiting here could just pick them up from me.
Here is what I (think) I have:--
Sharp LC26AD5E. Various, but MAIN is faulty.
Sharp 26P70E. Main, Power, tuner and control.
Toshiba 23WL4G. Main (analogue only??)
JVC LT-26DR7SJ. Screen was dead, everything else was perfect.
Teknica. 3 panels. Some (marked) bits pinched of PSU.
TCM 27L66. Screen interface, inverter and PSU all believed OK.
Acer AT301W. No main board, everything else was OK. (I killed the mainboard trying to resolder an intermittent 30+way micro connector.
AOC L26W781B. 3 panels inc inverter. No main.
Samsung LE40R73BDR/XEW. Inverter, keyboard and screen interface.
Samsung LE40R74BD(R)S. X/XEU. All working panels.
Sharp LC37X20E217. Beleived all working.
Sharp LC-22SV2E. All panels believed working.
Samsung LE32B450C 4WXXU. Believed all panels OK, BUT I pinched a VDR from PSU (marked in red on panel)
Vistron 32”. Screen was NBG, so rest assumed OK.
Philips 32PF3320/10. Believed faulty screen and rest OK.
I prefer one job lot, but will do separately, but expect small donation on receipt.
Les.

Turnip:
Hi Les,

Have a very similar situation as chaps with White vans collect all flat screen and even tube tellies from local sites - Now mostly privately run for profit.

In the old days when they were council run, could grease the palm with a cheap repair or two, and bring home a dozen a week for spares/repair.

Eventually ended up with hundreds of not very useful panels - The ones that never go wrong or are a bit obsolete as used in Analogue stuff.

Also thought Fleabay, but can't be bothered with come-backs from folks who fit them upside down, and then want to talk about it.

Can't list here as there are hundreds, maybe thousands - haven't checked total lately, as prefer live a life of sorts, but if any Quuquer needs the odd obscure panel - can check in seconds, as every one listed, and tidily bagged up.

Mention as daughter is complaining about my likely future expiry, and the cost of the skips.

All the best Young Les - Chris.

Davy:
I always tell my Radio Ham friends never clod anything out..... nuffin, not even duff fuses! Provided they weren't 'blackened', think of stand off insulators...!

I too a mass a lot of 'good parts' from owd tellies, I got drawer fulls of resistors, transistors and capacitors from clean boards all OK for experimenting,  speakers, coils and heat sinks.

Along came the modern telly:
The speakers are that diabolical I could make better ones out of a baked bean can, true, there's the odd transistor or two, coils,chokes and ally heatsinks, got boxes full of em they usually go like hot cakes at radio rallies.... and don't forget layers of mylar sheets and thick plastic from LCD screens.

Usually the case with me is if you 'clod' summat out you'll be wanting it the next day, as you know with modern tellys there's panels, panels and panels, when little ol' me needs one and I've never got the same..... or one that works.

All my scrapped telly's gets smashed up and put in the wheelie bin.... had as many as three CRT types in, 32" and a couple of 28" - surprising what a lump hammer can do innit? On a Tuesday we just listen for a load of puffing and panting and a load of glass tinkling, "ah, that will be the dustbin man, bring the dustbin in sweetie pie", I've fixed one or two for these guys as well and usually very little wrong that a bit of metal glue won't cure.

Did I mention glue?
I worked for a local electronic firm that produced radio kits as well PA units and echo units, I did the telly audio servicing. Well,  one guy bought a radio kit and it wouldn't work, he meticulous assembled it all gluing all the parts in with that 'grey coloured glue' (forget the name) - I can see him now explaining to the boss he waited half an hour so to be sure for the glue to set on the connections.

I ended up repairing the devil and rebuilding it, it took forever getting all that stuff off - every sniffing sliver had to come off!

Do have a couple of more true stories to tell.... but dare I?


Dave

Turnip:
Hi Davy,

Wasn't it called 'liquid' or 'plastic solder' or some-such for mending pots. Recall buying a tube in my early constructing days. Could explain why nothing ever worked - Chris

Suggest more true stories, remember stuff in Radio Constructor where Smithy got enraged with his apprentice Dick for being totally bone headed - Those were the days of 'Great 208'

Davy:
Turnip, that sounds like the stuff.
I remember buying some in my early days, can't recall what for but it wasn't for joining wire that's for sure, my first soldering iron was the..... poker  in the coal fire and a tin flux, crying out loud how dy'a think I built my one valve HAC receiver - poker and flux, long life tip there :s_laugh: better than Antec irons it was, they never burned out I can tell ya!  

Yeah I liked "In Your Workshop", see this link http://vintageradio.me.uk/radconnav/iywindex.htm

Dave  

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