TV with hacked-in "science lab" two-stage power-switch

By at 8:07 am Thursday, Feb 23

This Flickr user has owned his 14" TV since he was 16; when the power-switch broke, he decided to wring a few more years out of it by attaching a couple of "science lab" switches to it:
I fixed it. My way. The original switch was a two-part affair, the main switch turning on the high-voltage guts with a second smaller switch turning on the tuner. These are not normal switches that you can go to Maplin and pick up, so I did the next best thing - picked up generic, science-lab looking switches and mounted them on the side. To complete the look, I've added labels printed on my Dymo: "POWER" and "LAUNCH".
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