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RCA and admiral
Any input on these black and white sets, are they nightmares as I never had these. The little one is an RCA and the red and white is admiral. Ok si it's upside down and I'll post a pic of the other set.
Last edited by timmy; 04-24-2023 at 04:16 PM. |
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Here's the admiral.
Last edited by timmy; 04-24-2023 at 04:16 PM. |
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The RCA is difficult to work on, the chassis unfolds into sections but it's still a pain.
The Admiral uses PC boards and is fairly easy to work on as I recall. |
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I have both those models and they're two of the best small-screen portable '50's TV's in both style and performance. I had a friend restore both for me many years ago and they still work very well. They're much better sets than the small screen GE/Hotpoint models.
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Never have had the Admiral, but I have several RCAs... not easy sets to work on, but very decent performance for such a compact set. Phyl Nelson tells all here:
https://antiqueradio.org/rca16.htm jr |
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The RCA is a neat set, with a power transformer,too
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Yes transformer and it's why such a small set is so heavy.
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Does anyone have a schematic for these sets. The admiral crt tests very good but there are a few black caps that have the value in stripes on them in the rear leaking oil so there no good. And the crt adjusting rings I think used to have rubber to hold them on is completely gone so I have to make something up for that. Bad idea to keep the seleniums or put diodes ?
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The ETF has the factory manual for the RCA model 8PT-70x0 series covers early and late production. If the ADMIRAL is a 10" its' in SAMS #350-1 which the ETF also has the SAMS. All the best, Tom.J
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The crt is a 14 inch.
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The same SAMS folder is used for the 14Y3PC (14") as for the 10" 14Y3PB. All the best, Tom.J
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Thanks tom
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UHF was not available in the RCA. Unconventional circuitry, where the 1st IF was part of the tuner. Minimal performer at best. The Admiral 10,14 and 17" models were similar. |
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I've restored several of these. Here a thread you might find useful. Yes, replace the seleniums.
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=250143 |
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