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They finally wised up by the time they got to the CTC-68...it has a factory mounted microswitch behind the volume pot that is operated by the push-pull action. For some reason, though, some later RCA sets used the cheapo push-pull switch with the resulting switch failure.
On my GE round color the volume shaft pulled right out of the pot/switch one time I turned it on! I now am using a power strip to turn set on/off...will replace switch.
Somewhere I have read about fires caused in CTC-16 and similar sets by arcing in the switch causing heat/sparks, and setting plastic gears on fire in the tuner and then dripping flaming plastic on the speaker cone and setting the set on fire.
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