1966? Zenith Color Tube TV

[Electronic M]

Just bridge it with another piece of wire. Try to keep guage similar, and try to avoid excessive lead length.

[zeno]

Coils
You can rewind coils onto another form. All Zenith conv
panels through the hybrids used them. Swap the slug too !
Panels have a S-##### number that may have a sub. I can look those
up.

Rejuve
Kicks the can down the street. Gives the cust time to save up
the $600 +, a LOT of $$$ back then. Using a modern B&K
or Sencore is best on clean & balance. Heavier settings are
last ditch. Results seem best when you get lots of needle swinging
& flashing in neck. Unpredictable but can stretch things a few
years at times.

Zeno

[Lain94]

Originally Posted by zeno

Coils
You can rewind coils onto another form. All Zenith conv
panels through the hybrids used them. Swap the slug too !
Panels have a S-##### number that may have a sub. I can look those
up.

Rejuve
Kicks the can down the street. Gives the cust time to save up
the $600 +, a LOT of $$$ back then. Using a modern B&K
or Sencore is best on clean & balance. Heavier settings are
last ditch. Results seem best when you get lots of needle swinging
& flashing in neck. Unpredictable but can stretch things a few
years at times.

Zeno

From what I read online the filaments of the older CRTs from the 60s and prior tended to be thicker and more rugged due to the filament being thorium based. I definitely saw quite a bit of sparking and flashing when doing the rejuvination at the time. It was a situation where I had nothing to lose because this CRT clearly had been used ALOT and the chassis's dirtiness testified to this. I always wonder if there would be any money in rebuilding old CRTs again, i mean if someone got into that business they would be the only one in the whole world doing it.

[Lain94]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Just bridge it with another piece of wire. Try to keep guage similar, and try to avoid excessive lead length.

Thank you! That was what I was thinking I could get by with doing but just wanting to verify before I made another goof up. I luckily so happen to have some wire of that gauge roughly, it is known as "wire wrapping wire" which also tended to be the gauge for some fuse wire I needed when replacing the wire fuse on my old motorola tv way back. I will compare and see how close the gauge is or if needed I will simply get some more fine wire. I did manage to order a replacement NOS inductor specifically meant to replace this one on the zenith luckily...price $15 plus shipping lol. I keep lucking out with this tv when it comes to replacement parts really.

First I manage to somehow get a NOS thordarson flyback for this tv...then a vertical output transformer NOS thordarson brand....then I got all 3 inductors that I needed which had broken due to old plastic cracking on the dynamic convergence board...and now this inductor lol. This tv is getting five star treatment by me. XD