General Electric roundie - fixed itself?

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I've noticed on many of their sets they made their own electrolytic can caps. I have to say, when the General wanted to make something right, it could do it!

The only TV I had from the post-war era, was a 1952 17" GE wood table model with dual series heater strings. It worked as received from my neighbor's attic WITHOUT RECAPPING. It certainly did not even act flaky like a typical RCA or Philco did after 20 minutes until it was recapped.


This GE played fine for about two hours straight but its original fly, a wax donut, did feel very warm and pliable. If this is normal OK but its time to jot down the ET77X- number and see whats out there