Friday, 24 August 2018

Plugging In A TV Power Supply

By Brian Snyder


For the majority of its time on this planet, upwards of ninety percent if broken down, human society existed as nomadic hunter gatherers. These early tribes moved from place to place, foraging for food and other resources. Eventually though, these tribes settled down. Now, they settled down near bodies of water, because the crops they were growing and the livestock they were raising needed water, as did their own bodies. Some of these early settlements would be the seeds from which the great civilizations of antiquity sprouted. Of course, society evolved as it is wont to do, and these civilizations were eventually supplanted by modern nation states. Of course, to build these nation states required the use of tools and machines. Now, these machines need an energy source, like a TV Power Supply.

The old boob tube. The box that rots the brain. That is the television. It is a device, generally the central appliance in the living room. It is not much by itself, but it is a medium from which media is consumed by an audience.

Power sources are needed for one very good reason, and that is because all devices need energy in order to function. Because most television sets do not have a lithium battery like a laptop, they need to be plugged in so that they will work. Without that energy, they are essentially useless.

Locating that power source should not be too hard. After all, most houses are built with them already installed. So the only difficult thing will be to actually find them, as in finding their physical locations.

Of course, money is always going to be an object. When people shop for items, they must pay for those items or risk breaking the law. Suppliers are no different. Any and all orders must be paid for with money. The economy runs of people buying and selling all kinds of items and services.

Safety must be a primary concern for everyone. No one wants their electrical socket burning down their house. So metal and liquids of all kinds have to be kept away from it. The last thing anyone wants is a short circuiting and then a subsequent fire.

People watch TV because it is entertaining. They can park themselves on the couch, pick up the remote control, and then flip to their desired channel where their favorite program is playing. If not, they can just find something vaguely palatable.

Consistency is key. But the unfortunate thing is that sometimes the grid just goes down. Nothing to be done about it. But having a backup would not hurt. Now, generators can be purchased. But it the grid failure is far reaching enough, then even the stations that deliver the shows can be affected, which means that the lights can come on, however there will be nothing but static on the screen.

Being alive is not always easy. But humanity discovered ways to make it easier. It is just that those innovations need a way to work, to do their thing.




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