Need help identifying a GE television
I recently acquired this GE television set (dated November 1982) but the silver information label on the back is heavily worn and all I have is the set itself and a label with a serial number and chassis (chassis PC-B, apparently). Can someone help me figure out the model of my set?
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could the model number be the service number (svc#) on that label?
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Some GE's of that era had the service information stored in a small rectangular box attached to the back of the cabinet, if that set has that it would probably show the model number.
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The service number is the model number. When talking here
we just call it a PC. Interesting set as its the first really good set GE made. The chassis before this the EC was a POS. 73 Zeno:smoke: LFOD ! |
It is certainly a great set, especially compared to the trash 1989 Emerson set I replaced it with! Thanks for the info.
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I agree 100%, I was thinking more modern sets. Even into the 60's they
made some that ran good but they were ugly as sin inside & built cheaply. The PC was clean & serviceable. 95% of the fails were due to one of two electrolytics. Always came out good & never saw a bad jug in one. I miss them:tears: LFOD ! Quote:
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This is one of the very few 80's sets I might make room for if it dropped in my lap. There was a very nice widow who I used to visit & she had one in a spare room. Sadly, when she died I watched her grandson haul it (presumably) to the dump. Still wish I'd stopped him.
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Yes, I recall these "performance television" series as being predictable and routine repairs. When vertical shrinks,, replace a few electrolytic caps and its like new again. the one-knob rotary tuners with LED readout, sometime went bad but was not a huge hit for a factory rebuild, $25 or so.
+2 on the "extra-crappy" EC chassis requiring massive re-soldering, which we dubbed the "griplett plus" models, after the 10" and 13" AA-AC chassis which was the original griplet-soldering models. They made a nice bright picture tho. |
That set has a really cool "80s" look to it.
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very good pictures on these sets rivaling any other sets of the day.always vertical issues and the tuner issue mentioned above.repaired many of them and rarely saw a crt or a flyback go bad.
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I had one similar to this from 1983 with a remote. Got rid of it in the late 90's. I used to slam the top of the TV to get the picture. I still liked it.
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