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Old 12-28-2018, 12:29 PM
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Predicta Debutante restoration

I got a pretty good Christmas present this year - a Predicta Debutante in black with original stand

It is in very good cosmetic condition and was a reasonable price - especially for coming from an antique store.

Here are some preliminary photos. I have not taken a look in side or tested the CRT yet.

Here it is in the shop.


Now at home in the garage.






I found this sticker on the side.
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Old 12-29-2018, 04:05 AM
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That's a nice-looking set. I'm looking forward to see the progress!
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Nice find Bob. It's just about in the condition of mine. The stands metal parts have a very thing gold electroplate that comes off easily with any abrasive. It's interesting that yours is a typical brown/black color, yet was apparently a "hotel" model with that sticker and antenna delete. Normally those are ID'd by the cream-colored cabinets.
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It's interesting that yours is a typical brown/black color, yet was apparently a "hotel" model with that sticker and antenna delete. Normally those are ID'd by the cream-colored cabinets.
I've got an identical set sans back and stand that came out of the Chicago area as well...one of the hotels must have liked black.
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Now that you mention it, the one I restored a couple years ago was black too

Here's a first look inside. Aside from the tubes, it might be all original. Hard to tell with all the dust.






The 17DRP4 came up into the green after a few minutes Good cutoff response too.


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I decided to throw caution to the wind and try a power up with a Sencore PR57 set to 117 VAC.

Tubes lit up right away.


After a short while, I heard the speaker crackle and a raster appeared. The vertical slowly grew a bit. I suspect B+ is low due to leaky power supply caps.

Rotating the tuner would cause some video and audio noise, but couldn't tune anything in

Once I get a couple projects cleared off the bench, I'll start with replace the power supply components and try another power up.


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