1950s TVS!, and tube radios!

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

And...carpeted stairs allow you to push the cabinet up without help.I moved many a set up two flights of stairs in my parents house this way. It was just way too cold in the basement to work on TVs in the winter. No accidents, no scratches, ever.

I figured that out earlier this summer after moving to my new house.

I was worried about carpet tack scratches, but none occurred. We were going to hire movers for mom's gigantic dresser(roundy combos only wish they could be so big and heavy!), but with team work and that technique we were able to move it.....It had all the drawers removed and STILL was WAY harder to manage than any of my TVs!

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Here are even more bananas! (laughing maniacally)

.....Oh....it'll only let me put fifteen on here at a time??! I wanted to fill the SCREEN with them. And some of them aren't even working!

I see your 13 bananas, and raise you two more...

[zenithfan1]

LOL!!! Thanks for adding the two that didn't work!

[radiotron]

What does it mean if a 1951 admiral has retrace lines? bad caps?

[zenithfan1]

Usually it does mean bad caps or resistors. But if you are watching a DVD they show on top because of the anti copy protection that is encoded into the DVD. The lines then will come and go like every 30 seconds. Also, if the CRT has a short it can cause retrace. what are you using for a source on this set? VCR, DVD ect....

[radiotron]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Usually it does mean bad caps or resistors. But if you are watching a DVD they show on top because of the anti copy protection that is encoded into the DVD. The lines then will come and go like every 30 seconds. Also, if the CRT has a short it can cause retrace. what are you using for a source on this set? VCR, DVD ect....

vcr, sometimes dvd, but it does that on both it has a very strong picture tube i checked it last week

[zenithfan1]

Did you check it for shorts? If not, do that. If it's fine, recap the set if it's all original. It would be best to change all the wax/paper caps at this point. Do it one at a time, don't cut 'em all out at once or anything. Check the resistors in the vertical circuit too. They tend to drift upward in value as they age.

[bandersen]

Visible retrace lines are normal for an Admiral from the era. You can make a minor circuit modification to suppress them though.

mbear2k was kind enough to scan and make available the details in Rider TV Manufacturers' Receiver Trouble Cures - Volume 1

http://www.oldtubes.net/library/free_manuals/

[radiotron]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Visible retrace lines are normal for an Admiral from the era. You can make a minor circuit modification to suppress them though.

mbear2k was kind enough to scan and make available the details in Rider TV Manufacturers' Receiver Trouble Cures - Volume 1

http://www.oldtubes.net/library/free_manuals/

Thanks

[David Roper]

I thought you sold it...? The one in your signature, that is. Or are you talking about a different Admiral?

[radiotron]

Originally Posted by David Roper

I thought you sold it...? The one in your signature, that is. Or are you talking about a different Admiral?

Same one, but the guy i sold it to (tvtimeisfun) is a friend, and i can talk to him about it

[David Roper]

Uh, OK.

[radiotron]

Just got a 1965 zenith CoLoR

[radiotron]

i just got a 1962 rca, and a 1972 rca tube type tvs

[radiotron]

i just watched an itiot smash a 1950s portable tv ON PORPOSE!