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   john larkin to buzz_mccool@yahoo.com   
   Re: Repurposing TVs   
   18 Dec 25 11:10:53   
   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:24:27 -0800, Buzz McCool   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 12/17/2025 12:51 PM, john larkin wrote:   
   >> Dump it into someone elses' trash can!   
   >   
   >I recently repaired a computer monitor. Opened it   
   >up, saw a bunch of swollen caps, replaced them with   
   >equivalent but higher temperature rated ones, closed   
   >it up, and of course felt very proud of myself.   
   >   
   >It worked for six months, then something else went   
   >bad, so I junked it. Pride cometh before the fall.   
      
   Electronics is so cheap now there's not much incentive to fix it.   
   Pretty reliable too.   
      
   There used to be TV repair shops. That's where I got started in   
   electronics.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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