Thread: First TV without PwrTransformer?
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Old 08-30-2014, 02:40 AM
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Yes, transformerless valve (tube) radios in the UK were pretty horrible things with large resistive droppers throwing away heat. Capacitive droppers are a possibility but were probably not favoured again on cost grounds.

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