How about some Pye?

[Eric H]

This showed up last week at a local Auction place, the inspection and auction was today and I snagged it for a C note (+ 13% buyers fee and taxes).

I believe it's a BV20C based on the information found here:
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tv/pye/bv20c/bv20c.htm

It seems to be complete and in good shape, other than the CRT cup is broken
(I was nervous as hell they would neck it before I got it) and it's missing those Bakelite rings mentioned on that page.

This thing is tiny and light, Smaller than an Admiral Bakelite console, Lighter than a GE Locomotive! I carried it the 100 feet to my truck with little effort.
It has four casters on the bottom that appear to be OEM.

These late 40's British sets look a lot more Pre-War than their American counterparts.

The CRT has a Loctal base, not sure how to test it, would an adapter on the B&K using the 10BP4 settings work?

Of course it's also runs on 210-250 volts AC/DC so I'll need a step up transformer (but not a Variac )
Does anyone know if this is a flyback HV system or "Brute Force"?

The Red things are apparently EF50 tubes, not capacitors.