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Old 02-12-2017, 09:01 AM
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We saw several of these little sets. Most of them sat on a base that matched the cabinet.

I worked on several of the earlier hybrid versions of this set. Bad soldering was common.

I had one of my own that I ran for 15 years with one tripler replacement. It was my last Magnavox set. Turned it on one day, heard a quick horizontal squeal that sounded like it was dragging down, and saw smoke. Wasn't the tripler, and it smoked when I tried bringing it up on the variac. The bonded yoke was shorted. Didn't want to spring for a new CRT, so...
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