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Baird CRT projectors 1939 - neat!

 
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:51 pm    Post subject: Baird CRT projectors 1939 - neat! Reply with quote

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, very cool find.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dang

You have to respect a machine that runs 60kv from a fortified bunker!
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I wondered why it had 2 tubes. The article says it's a failover! They must have had pretty bad reliability if they needed a hot-spare to swap in when the first one died...
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garyfritz wrote:
I wondered why it had 2 tubes. The article says it's a failover! They must have had pretty bad reliability if they needed a hot-spare to swap in when the first one died...


Up to 60kV driving a single tube making a 4x5-inch image, projecting on a 15x20-foot screen - in 1939 when most CRTs were making like a 12- or 13-inch diagonal image... I'd say the thing was running on the ragged edge.

Says it drew 2kW at 200-250v... So, about half a clothes dryer. Wink

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have a 4kW clothes dryer??? Must be very very big!
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tim in Phoenix wrote:
Dang

You have to respect a machine that runs 60kv from a fortified bunker!


Agreed
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