falter
Veteran Member
Odd one.
I have a 9" Motorola like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-9-Moto...n-Set-XP263HW-1-GV228-B-W-Works-/113479404114
Don't know when it was made.. maybe early to mid 70s? Anyway, it works great.. picture is decent. My TVT loves it. Works like a hot damn.
But..
When it's on, it puts out this smell. It's not a burning/fire smell. It's hard to describe.. it's kinda like one of those unpleasant smells that just bugs you. A 'funk' if you will. Should I be worried about this? Is there anything in these old TVs that can blow up and cause fire? It says 'solid state', so I assume I'm not dealing with vacuum tubes or anything like that. I remember on those old pre-solid state TVs you'd get a bit of a smell as they warmed up.. esp. if they were sitting for a while. I wish you could send smell digitally.. hehe. It's just a really odd, unlikeable smell. Hard to relate to anything specific. But definitely not like, when a safety filter capacitor blows or something overheats.
I have a 9" Motorola like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-9-Moto...n-Set-XP263HW-1-GV228-B-W-Works-/113479404114
Don't know when it was made.. maybe early to mid 70s? Anyway, it works great.. picture is decent. My TVT loves it. Works like a hot damn.
But..
When it's on, it puts out this smell. It's not a burning/fire smell. It's hard to describe.. it's kinda like one of those unpleasant smells that just bugs you. A 'funk' if you will. Should I be worried about this? Is there anything in these old TVs that can blow up and cause fire? It says 'solid state', so I assume I'm not dealing with vacuum tubes or anything like that. I remember on those old pre-solid state TVs you'd get a bit of a smell as they warmed up.. esp. if they were sitting for a while. I wish you could send smell digitally.. hehe. It's just a really odd, unlikeable smell. Hard to relate to anything specific. But definitely not like, when a safety filter capacitor blows or something overheats.