As the years have rolled on by domestic entertainment equipment has become more and more difficult and expensive to repair.
Once upon a time a TV engineer usually removed the back of a TV and swapped a valve.
Then, with the advent of transistors, repairs became more difficult
When integrated circuits arrived things became more difficult again
Now with large scale integration it's unlikely that replacement chips will be available after a few years because of the advances in technology.
As I've passed the state retirement age and am a recipient of a pension I no longer have to fix domestic equipment
On the other hand, I still repair circuit boards for lifts and escalators (and the odd historic radio and modern computers of course).
There are still lots of circuit boards around in lift controllers that use transistors and early integrated circuits, and because the cost of replacing a lift controller can be as much as a new motor car there is still money to be made in this repair business.
Having made the decision to get rid of anything involved in the repair of TV sets, VCRs and modern audio equipment I have a lot more space in which to display my radio collection. shown here around two sides of my workshop.
Some of the stuff is readily identifiable but some is quite difficult to identify...
As the months pass I'll update the pictures and more will become visible.
