GE 810 restoration

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I took a break from antique radios for a while and popped open my GE 810. It's the set I picked up recently in Cincinnati, OH.

The cabinet is in decent shape. Just a few worn spot and a couple chips. Otherwise just needs some stripping and refinishing.




As usual, a couple knobs are missing too
Interesting channel lineup 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13.
I suppose you can tune in either station using the fine-tune at those higher frequencies.




So nice to have the original back with all the labels.


I popped the back off and tested the 10FP4 CRT - it's good!
I then cleaned up the chassis, popped out the 6BG6, and set the channel selector to 6. We have a low power analog station on channel 6 that plays light jazz and shows still images of the city.

I slowly powered it up with a variac.

All the tubes lit except for the 5U4. I replaced that and tried again and was treated to some nice smooth jazz

Finally, I popped the 6BG6 back in and got a picture of sorts The hor sync, vert sync, and vert height are all off. Not bad at all considering I haven't replaced a single component yet!




I record a 3 part youtube series on this set.
Skip to part 3 if you'd like to hear and see it play.

GE810 Vintage TV (Part 1 - First look inside)
GE810 Vintage TV (Part 2 - CRT testing)
GE810 Vintage TV (Part 3 - Does it work ?)