[Palinurus]

A few days ago I answered an ad on Craigslist for a tube tester. I bought the tester and the seller threw in an old Zenith A1512J "bugeye" TV for free.

I have no immediate plans to restore the TV, but I do have two questions.

The first concerns the CRT. I tested it on a B&K CRT tester and it shows up as good. The problem that concerns me is that there is some flaking on the outside of the tube. I did some research and learned about Aquadag, but is that the best product to recoat the patches that have flaked off? Is there an aerosol spray available?

My other question concerns the power to the chassis. I plugged in the TV and switched it on and absolutely nothing happened. No tubes lit up and there was no smell or smoke. I verified that the power cord plug had power. There were a couple of tubes missing. Might that be the problem? I looked for some hot spots in the chassis with a current tester but couldn't find any. Might it be a bad switch? Any suggestions of what the problem might be would be appreciated. Thanks.