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Originally Posted by Tim Tress
You'll probably end up replacing the electrolytic capacitors as well, before you are done.
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Not necessarily. I have four pre-1950 RCA televisions and out of that bunch, there was one electrolytic fail. And it failed by opening and not shorting. I have a CTC5 color RCA with original electrolytics.
Paper dielectric capacitors are a real problem. Good quality Sprague and Mallory electrolytics starting from the late 1940's if properly handled will continue to function today in most cases if the reforming process is done with care. I am highlighting this project because the set sat unpowered for 60 years. If the set had been plugged in, the electrolytics would like have been irreparably damaged.