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I had mine working fine Doug, until the fly went south, the picture quality was excellent.
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I had one once
I had a 63 model with that chasis that i kept running for a little over 25 years.
It was 3 or 4 years old and had be hit by lightning. Insurance claim totaled it. Just needed new antenna coils. That 29xxx chasis is built like a tank. I replaced the pic tube once and kept a supply of all small tubes on hand. Never did a single component (other than tubes) ever fail. By 1964 they were down to the 25LC20 chasis and some way got rid of 4 tubes along the way. I may be wrong, but I think that Zenith chasis had more tubes that year than any other 1963 chasis. The picture tube it came with had a separate non frosted face plate. I liked it better than the newer ones and you never had to worry about the cataract problem. |
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I LOVE mine!!
I just think it is cool to watch that big chassis, with that huge power tranny and the twin 3dg4 LV rect. tubes come up, and then produce a picture that "only a Zenith Roundie" can.
The CRT is starting to weaken in mine now though, but I still run it here and there to "keep things fresh--just like my GE 810 roundie BW set. |
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I didn't mean to pull the rug from anyone who was interested. I figured it was still up for grabs.
I've wanted a 29JC20 in my collection for quite some time. Having the first generation zenith color set would really complete my collection. |
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I also got mine for free through a connection Charlie made. I had to drive 1,800 miles round trip to get it. Mine has the Space Command 400 option. I really need to get at this set. My test jig is sittin on top of it.
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No blood, no foul :-)
If I had been desperate for it, I wouldn't have blabbed on an international forum in the first place. I'm glad that someone with room to spare will rescue it -- especially someone willing to crate & freight it halfway across the continent. P.S. If you can talk the seller into it, I would ask if he's willing to try removing those skinny legs from the cabinet before the packers arrive. Lotsa potholes and speed bumps when you're driving a thousand miles or more. Phil |
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well polarman i was glad to give you the set(and thanks for helping me unload my hammond organ).i was gonna ask you when you were gonna start working on it.
charlie sheen
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Hey! How is it going charliesheen??? Was that a Hammond B2? Wish I could have stayed to help you recap that beast. It was a nice organ and very flexible for the ranges of music you can play. You were right for going back to get it at the estate sale. You and your Mom were very nice hosts. I loved her tales of being in the record industry. Please tell her I said hello.
You should have been here to help me move the 29JC20. I got it from you and transported it to Georgia. I have since moved to South Carolina. It is here sitting right behind me as I am typing. That set is going to be an interesting restoration. I bought the Zenith factory repair manual off ebay. The owner of the manual must have repaired a bunch of the 29JC20 sets. His personal notes are all over the inside of the booklet. I have a couple sets in need of attention before I get to the Zenith. I will PM you later. polaraman
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FYI...
The 29jc20 was actually a 1962 Chassis, and while it may had been sold into 1963--for 1963, Zenith brought out the 27Kc20 chassis. About the ONLY difference in the two chassis is that the 27KC20 has SS top-hat diodes in the power supply as a doubler, and as slightly smaller tranny. ALL of the other stuff looks the same--including the OCTAL HO, damper and vert. Out tubes that the 29JC20 uses. BUT.... LATER in the 1963 model year--Zenith brought out the 26KC20 chassis--and NONE of the chassis tubes are octal. It looks a LOT more like the ones that followed it(the 25LC20, the 25MC33 and such.) I have NEVER seen or heard of ANY set that was available or in ANYONES collection that used the 27KC20 chassis--it MUST have been replaced by the 26KC20 chassis in short order. I know of several 29JC20's, but NO 27KC20's!! Has anyone here seen a 27KC20 set, or know of any around?? |
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Zenith 29JC20!!! GO FOR IT!!!
That set is the exceptionally nice Zenith 29JC20, which was Zenith's first 60s roundie. As I recall, J-series was about 1962. Yes, it did use two rectifier tubes instead of "hat" diodes. The rectifiers were 3DG4's. As I recall, it used a 21FBP22 CRT with separate, curved safety glass, and the "FB" tube was immune from "cataracts" because its safety glass was a separate piece which was not laminated to the face of the tube with resin as the later 21FJP22's safety glass was. Its safety glass was merely set into the mask before the CRT was installed, held in place by the CRT mounting brackets and cushioned around the edges. That set was built like a tank, as were all of the Zenith roundie models from the 29JC20 to the 25NC33. I've serviced several of these, mostly 26KC20's, 24MC32's, and 25NC33's. Even if there's a booster on that "FB" it's worth the cost of a re-gunning. That set is a true CLASSIC. Even the later solid state sets Zenith made during the 70s were legendary for their quality. I had a 19EC45 in my room during most of my teenage years, bought at a garage sale for $5 from someone who had no idea how simple the issue was that had stopped that set from working.
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Hi,
Your set is a 1962 model sold into 1963. Zenith's first year of color production. Very high quality set and a superb picture when working well. We have a combo deluxe version that is a daily watcher and have 2 other Zeniths from that era (both color roundies). |
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i told my mom what you said and she says that was nice of you.but yea with all of this talk about zenith's im gonna go out and search for another one.all of my roundies that ive had over the years ive found on the road,like the one polorman has,i had to lift that sucker by myself,and its wierd when i find something like that the excitement in me gives me extra strength.but it seems that dallas didnt have a lot of roundies......
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