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Re: Do you still unplug your TV set before going to bed?
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Is it still necessary and/or advised now that TV's are much safer?
There were cases when colour televisions first came out that they were prone to catching fire, so I'm assuming that this is why people were advised to unplug them at the socket. Surely there would be no power running through it after it had been switched off though?? I know that some TV's maintain an amount of power inside them for a time, but surely that would be the case even if it was unplugged??
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Some older colour TV's used to maintain the tube heater in standby so they could do a quick start. More modern tubes had a specially constructed heater that warmed up in under 5 seconds.
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