Unknown year General Electric YM-E

[pac.attack76]

25" console powers on. No screen or audio. Just the channel display and gun lights up. No smoke or odor. Also wondering what year this one is.

[zeno]

Mid to late 70's Look for 4 digit date codes on large parts.
GE is like Zenith. You need to be sure the S-cap is not a white one.
A bad one can blow the HOT, FBT & Vert out.
Look around, it may have a 'mini manual" in there.
Its dead so should be easy to fix.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[zeno]

Per tag. mini manual is on cabinet back. ( if its still there !)

[pac.attack76]

Originally Posted by zeno

Per tag. mini manual is on cabinet back. ( if its still there !)

That customers service information behind a plastic cover on the back is missing. It shows where it should be stored but not there 😔

[pac.attack76]

Where is the s cap located?

[zeno]

Originally Posted by pac.attack76

Where is the s cap located?

Not sure but on the portables its behind the HOT heat sink.

[pac.attack76]

Originally Posted by zeno

Not sure but on the portables its behind the HOT heat sink.

I'll look there.

[colortrakker]

Man, that's a flashback. Aunt had one of those for 10 years - very similar to this one. Nov. '78 build, and the channel readout was not a real LED. VIR, of course. Guessing this one is a year or two newer.

[rcaman]

flyback ep77x30 or ep77x33 i believe changed a lot of those. see if the circuit breaker is tripped.

[pac.attack76]

Originally Posted by rcaman

flyback ep77x30 or ep77x33 i believe changed a lot of those. see if the circuit breaker is tripped.

If breaker is tripped, would the gun and channel still light? I doubt it but who knows.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by pac.attack76

If breaker is tripped, would the gun and channel still light? I doubt it but who knows.

Most 60s color sets the breaker was between the B+winding and the B+ rectifiers so if the breaker tripped you'd loose everything except the heaters and dial lamps.

[pac.attack76]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Most 60s color sets the breaker was between the B+winding and the B+ rectifiers so if the breaker tripped you'd loose everything except the heaters and dial lamps.

Learn something everyday, lol. I'll look for the s cap tomorrow. Supposed to rain so I'll be in most of the day.

[pac.attack76]

I checked breaker today and it just pushes in and back out. I've included a pic of its position. I broke my glasses the other day so seeing anything close up is out of the question. Turned set on today and same thing. Just heaters and channel. Turned off for a minute and tried again. This time, I hear it try to start up with kind of a bong sound, but still nothing but heaters and channel, then a foul burning smell so I turned back off. Pulled back but couldn't locate smell origin. I couldn't find the s cap either. I'm including 12 more pics. Hope this helps.

[pac.attack76]

More pics....

[zeno]

Went down to the dungeon today. Pulled Sams 1949-1

Breaker on sec of transformer & kills the 143 source. PS is
copy of Zenith with the oil cap
S cap is C702 .00155 mfd 1.5 KV P# EP18X137 Its behind
the HOT & a few inches away.

First checks are
Reset breaker.
Check for @143 VDC at case of HOT
" " " 24 VDC at PGRL5 of the little rectifier ( red wire ) board.
For meter GRD use the CRT grounds.

Burning can be a lot of things. You have to go step by step to narrow things down. Usually the FBT or vert module on these & do it without spending $$$

Zeno