And "Mad Man Muntz" eventually lent his name to the EMC engineering technique of designing in all possible suppression and protection devices, and then, during qual testing, discarding a few at a time until bad things happened. At that point, you knew exactly what minimum level of EMC components you needed to just barely get through the requirements!
Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty > -----Original Message----- > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Pettit, > Ghery > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:16 AM > To: Canio Dichirico; emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: RE: I remember an old message in this Forum > > You may be thinking of Muntz. Long gone from the marketplace. And it > wasn't just tubes, they'd remove other parts, as well. But it was > their own designs that were done this way, if I remember correctly. > You can find more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_Muntz. > Remember, this is a Wikipedia article and facts are subject to > verification on your own. :-) > > Ghery S. Pettit > > -----Original Message----- > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Canio > Dichirico > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:10 AM > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: I remember an old message in this Forum > > Dear All, > > I apologize for a message that, to some extent, is off topic. However I > cannot think of other addressees who may reply to my question. > > I remember having read several years ago in this Forum an email about a > (US?) manufacturer of (black & white?) TV sets. If I remember well, he > managed to produce cheap TV sets by removing vacuum tubes from TV sets > of > other manufacturers until the picture quality was still acceptable. > > Which was that cheap TV set brand? Where may I find some info about it > in > Internet? > > > Many thanks to all! > > Kind regards > > Canio Dichirico - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
