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Welcome! Lots of TV knowledge hanging around here. Look at this TV as being a really high-end radio. I think that's why I like working on them so much...I always liked higher tube count sets from the late 30s era. In the 50s and 60s this was the equivalent. A CTC-10 is just old enough that the filter caps should be changed. Not many paper caps to worry about. The 2 worrisome things are the picture tube (they can be rebuilt, but it's expensive-spares are out there if you look hard enough) and the flyback transformer (also available with some dedicated looking) Chances are good though that both are fine. The other thing I like about these sets is they are open to quite a lot of tinkering. You can take one of these, that doesn't work or works very poorly, and with some tuning & tweaking you can end up with a very, very nice color picture. There are some service books from the era that are helpful...the RCA Color Pict-O-Guide is one that offers lots of great service tips in an easy-to-read format.
I don't have a -10, but do have the similiar CTC-11. They have a vertical chassis that is easy to pull and work on. I hope you can save this one...and have lots of fun doing it!
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Bryan
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