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RCA CTC15 flyback replacement
I have a chassis on my bench to repair for the owner of a very deserving RCA Victor TV-Stereo combination. This one has the all-tube high fidelity stereo amp, tuner and studiomatic record changer. It also has a cooked flyback, which I am to replace and set up.
He obtained an RCA replacement flyback #113382 (not a Thordarson FLY277), which is listed as the part number in Sams 673. The funny thing is, when I unsealed the new-in-box flyback, it had one less winding tap terminal than the original does. There is no "D" terminal for the damper tube cathode connection. From looking at Thordarson diagrams posted in a thread here, the FLY 277 does have this terminal. D appears to be an added winding beyond the C1 terminal to the H centering control. It was wrapped in a page of the New York Times from 1975, probably from the parts division in Harrison NJ. The fly itself was made in Mexico, yet had the RCA number stamped on it. It also had a tube socket for a 2AV2 focus rect tube, oriented vertically, that fits in the HV cage. I'm thinking RCA decided the tube was better than the selenium stick that was only used on the '15. See original schematic attached. Yellow is what changed. RCA ctc15_113382 fly.jpg Have any of you encountered this before?
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"When resistors increase in value, they're worthless" -Dave G Last edited by DavGoodlin; 05-01-2018 at 02:22 PM. |
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There are many CTC15 owners on VK, maybe they did not see the post. Hasn't anyone run into this issue with an RCA replacement fly before?
So, do I connect the Damper D terminal to C1 or C2. I'm sure it matters and I do NOT want to risk damaging the RCA replacement fly. I get to work on this chassis again tomorrow and return it in a week, if anyone knows something please help.
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I've never seen a flyback for a CTC 15 or the clones that used a 1V2/2AV2 instead of the stick. To me it would've been an improvement. |
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Well, Dave...I have a NOS 113382 sitting right in my lap at this moment. The UPS shipping label is dated 1970. Mine has a 'D' terminal on the upper right (only thing connected to it is a blue wire running into the core) and no tube socket.
As Pee-Wee Herman would say, "What does it mean? I DON'T KNOW!"
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I WILL need to post a picture of this replacement, after I install it. This is of interest to anyone with a CTC15 that has a later OEM replacement for it or in it already. This combo will gain even one more tube.
I suspect this OEM replacement is an improved version over the original, and it was packed with the wrong instructions, showing the post-CTC15 style drop-in for a 3CA3, with notes for a CTC17 What it does have is a socket all ready for the 2AV2 mounted vertically within the cage, also there is no 3.6 ohm resistor in the filament winding like a 1V2. There is a bracket for the focus coil transplant and terminal strip for the 66M and 1.meg focus dropping resistors. Too bad no instructions were included tho. It does have a plate cap for the 3A3 like the original, and it has an insulated red wire already soldered to C1 along with the centering control also soldered to C2. This red lead can only be for the damper choke connection under the chassis. Note that CTC11 and CTC12 both have C1 and K as the same tap. I wonder what the extra winding terminal K or D on the original 113382 in a CTC15 was meant to do.
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"When resistors increase in value, they're worthless" -Dave G Last edited by DavGoodlin; 05-04-2018 at 10:17 AM. |
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Then I remembered that the flyback for the CTC 16 chassis doesn't have the focus rectifier mounted on the flyback, but on the side of the HV cage like the later chassis. |
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Dang, that's a new one on me too. We were an authorized RCA dealer/servicer and sold the '15 from its debut thru the end of its run, and replaced a lot of flybacks, but never ran into one of those.
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The flys used in the clones were made by a different supplier, but they were almost as bad. Admirals, that didn't use a regulator tube were as bad. G13, etc. |
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Last edited by andy; 11-18-2021 at 04:58 PM. |
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Are you sure the number on the actual part, not just the box is a valid substitute? It sounds like a fly for a different chassis or a clone based on RCA.
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Old and New OEM HOT
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113382 fly old and new.jpg After looking how this fits the CTC15, it is the correct but "factory-improved" replacement. And since most clones were CTC15 anyway, would not fit my CTC12 and is certainly not for a 16,16X and later. This fly was bought from Moyers about 17 years ago, back when "high - failure rate " parts were not so scarce. Also, buy the time this fly was packed at RCA (1975), few repairman wanted to mess with these fine sets anymore, so it sat waiting for a buyer
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RCA was always a PITA with their part numbering scheme, where the part was stamped with a "drawing number" and it was catalogued under a "stock number". GE did it almost the same way, even before the takeover of RCA. |
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