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[QUOTE=Somewhere I have read about fires caused in CTC-16 and similar sets by arcing in the switch causing heat/sparks, and setting plastic gears on fire in the tuner and then dripping flaming plastic on the speaker cone and setting the set on fire.[/QUOTE]
yes, that was a serious problem with all of the early CTC series chassis that used a pull on-push off switch. i have personally encountered five of these sets. fortunately, the customer caught on to what was happening when the switch started burning & took steps to put the fire out. i was able to repair all of those sets.
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