CTC 7 Or 9 in Seattle $55
 

Nice, hope some one here saves it.

I'd be all over that like white on rice...But its in Seattle...May as well be on th' other side of the freakin' moon...(Sigh....)

Listing is Gone!

It's sitting in my truck out in the driveway. Sorry for blurry pic. Darkness was falling as I pulled in.

Phil Nelson

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Congratulations! Real glad to see another one safe and sound. I really like this part of VK-we can "find" sets without having to store them all!

Congratulations! Glad to see you got it I have that same set with a lighter finish there nice sets.

Lets see a better picture Phil. :thmbsp:

Sorry, no glamor pics tonight. All of my helpers are AWOL and it's too late to phone a snooty neighbor for aid. No way can I unload that whale alone without breaking something.

It's a 7, dark cabinet, nice shape. I think the style may be called Pensbury.

A little devil on my shoulder told me to sneak out there with an extension cord & variac and fire it up where it sits, but that would be Just. So. Wrong. :nono:

Phil Nelson

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Another great find. Now how come I can't find a nice narrow cabinet style like that around here? :scratch2: Congratulations, and I hope you can get some sleep tonight. :thmbsp:

[edit] I just noticed you didn't have much headroom left in the van.

Kevin

Much too heavy to unload by yourself, drive it down here and I'll help you unload it. :D

You lucky Dawg ! And you just about STOLE it..... Now I'll worry all day about you gettin' it in yr house w/o breakin' it ! Anyhow, congrats on a TREMENDOUSLY great score ! Can't wait to see pics of it displaying Glorious Lollipop Color ! (grin)....

Sweet! Me like!

Guilty :D

To celebrate getting it out of the truck, I hauled out my trusty old panther lamp.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RCACTC-7InGarage.jpg

CRT looks promising.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RCACTC-7TestingCRT.jpg

Lucky for me that some dolt lost the cap to this fuseholder. That'll help keep the little devils at bay.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RCA...CapMissing.jpg

It's tempting to go farther, but there's no room on the workbench, so this guy will have to rest under a blanket for a while.

Phil Nelson

Shes lovely. At least we all know this old cutey wont be fish tanked.

Phil: it's not missing a fuse cap, it's missing the fuse! That's the old style twistlock fuse holder, the bare metal top of the fuse is exposed! You should do what I did on my CTC-9 and replace that dangerous thing with a modern insulated one. It will keep you from coming into contact with it accidentally and receiving a nasty wake up call.

Dang! that cabinet looks way nicer than it did in the CL listing. Whatever did you wipe that thing down with? Very nice looking cabinet. Do you want to trade that for a nice Early American CTC-10? :rolleyes:

Kevin

I really like RCA's "V" shaped emblem with the color shield below.

I agree, plus it reminds me to keep my wings level. :)

Kevin

Not like that pilot who tried flying a B52 sideways one time, only a few hundred feet up in the air... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fa...ase_B-52_crash :sigh:

Good thing Phil got that TV, I'm in Seattle too, but I can't physically handle a set that big.

I haven't done anything to the cabinet except for a quick wipe with a soft cloth & mineral spirits to remove old furniture polish & dust. It has little nicks and scuffs if you look closely, but it should look great after a standard touch-up. The finish has a very deep appearance -- more than the usual number of lacquer coats, perhaps. It's a quality cabinet. The side panels have veneer but the rest looks like solid wood.

This set was well cared for. This seller got it from the original family in Tacoma. I think he paid only a few bucks or got it free. He buys various things from estates and remarked on how old TVs are sometimes giveaway items. I gave him my email address and told him what to watch for in these lines.

In the cabinet I found an RCA service tag from 1977 with the owner's name & address. No work is recorded, so perhaps they made another tag or the owners decided not to fix it after they got a price estimate.

Replacing the fuse holder sounds like a fine idea. Seems odd that a serviceman would remove a fuse and not replace it. Perhaps some fumblefingers owner removed it and dropped it into the gap between the chassis and the cabinet side, where you can't retrieve it without pulling the chassis.

Despite all my lectures to self, I did try powering it up after checking & cleaning all the tubes. Tubes lit up, but there was no sign of B+. It drew much less current than you'd expect, and there was no spooling-up sound from the HV or static from the speakers. I found one fuse on the top of the chassis (what you'd call the top when it's lying flat). Eventually I spotted this fuse on a Sams diagram. My CTC-11 chassis are very similar to this, but they don't have a fuse in that spot.

I see a part labeled Thermal Switch in the schematic. I guess it's a B+ delay similar the one in some old DuMonts. Several seconds after powering up, you can hear it click on. I'm curious to see what it looks like in the flesh. The drawing in the schematic reminds me of a toaster switch: power resistor plus bimetallic strip, perhaps.

It's dumb luck that I got this set. I happened to check CL a few minutes after he posted the ad, and I phoned him immediately. Half an hour after he had put up the ad, I was tooling down the highway with cash in hand. Perhaps getting a good deal once in a blue moon will help balance all the other times I've paid more than I should :)

Phil Nelson

CTC7 or 9 on Seattle Craigslist
 

That ol' girl couldn't be in better hands. Congrats Phil. :banana:
I'm in Everett. If you had not snatched it, I would have been SORELY tempted...and I have NO room!

It is one sweet looking set, inside and out. The CRT face has a grey cast to it. Does that mean it was replaced?

BTW, which is it, 7 or 9?

Walt Anderson

On the chassis is a rubber stamp: CTC-7AC.

The CRT could be a replacement. I can't see any marks other than a serial number. This set clearly got used, not just bought and stuck in a closet. Around the fine tuning knob is a circle where the finish was rubbed off to bare wood, same as my CT-100 cabinet. Shows you how owners were constantly adjusting these early color sets, I guess.

I was more concerned about beating fishtankers than other collectors. The combination of nice cabinet with big screen makes it irresistible fishtanker bait. The last TV I bought from craiglist had already been sold for "repurposing." I got it by offering $40 rather than the asking price of $10.

Long term I will need to unload at least one of my CTC-11s to make room for this in the house.

Phil Nelson

It's a vicious cycle, I'm telling you! I have to get rid of my CTC-9 now, because there's no room left. I'll probably end up selling the 7 as well, though I'd rather not see it go. All in the name of CTC-4 glory I suppose, the wife only wants me to keep one. :sigh:

Yeah... it's funny how they only want you to look at one TV. Where do they get these goofy ideas? :D

Kevin

probably from common sense, we're moving later this year and hauling around 3 heavy TV's is not in my future considering my back problems.

I think the gray-faced crt is correct for these. 21AXP22/21CYP22 were that way? The 21FBP22, etc, were greenish.

Nice,nice set.

If it's a 7, it will have a CYP.

That missing fuse is in on the B+ line. My 10C has the same fuse set-up. I've never gotten bitten by it in all these years.

Fine looking set, there. I cant wait to see it working!

I guess the CRT is a 21CYP22, although I can't see any marks besides a serial number. Using 21CYP22 settings when testing it on my CR70 gave sensible results.

I made a makeshift fuse cap and the B+ lit up, but I didn't give it much voltage, and only did a very brief trial to confirm that there are signs of life. This set will have to wait its turn. When the time comes, I'll replace the p-s electrolytics before powering it up again.

Phil Nelson

Definitely some life in this old clunker.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCACTC-7BeforeSetup.jpg

So far, all I've done is to replace the electrolytics and some small caps on the sweep boards. Haven't had time yet to do any of the usual setup, or even adjust the focus.

The audio from this set is stunning. Television for grownups.

Phil Nelson
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beauty!gotta love those 9s!

That picture is stunning. And I know what you mean about the sound.

Kevin

Well, back when you paid quite a bit for a TV, you got quality. very well built IMO.

You can keep your "picture frame TVs from CHINA"

Hey Nick! I hate to see anyone having back troubles that young. Mine has been giving me grief since around Thanksgiving. I go for an MRI Wed. A.M. Nothing seemed to work regarding Medication or therapy.

I know, trust me. I'm very abusive to my body, I assume I'll slide into the grave in a back brace doped up on vicodin at that pace I'm currently on. A big part of it is the bed I'm sleeping in- it's a Simmons pillowtop that caved in on itself. They refused to honor the warranty, so I know have to take them to court. That's a story for another day though, if you want to know more about it, just look at the customer opinions of Simmons and their matresses....