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Old 12-12-2007, 07:39 AM
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I am not sure why my set caught on fire. After I put the fire out I got ticked off and pitched it. I wish I still had it. It's almost like I am jinxed as far as tv's are concerned. That set burned up. My next one is the one I have been talking about in my other thread.I can not get the picture to work correctly. So I grabbed a different set and the flyback is dead. I can get one, but In my years of working on tube radios I have never had problem after problem. It seems like I am not destined to own a running tube tv.But, it is my mission, and with the help of people in this forum I will make it happen. Doug
TVs take a bit more time and patience to restore than a typical five tube radio. When I did my Motorola, I took it one section at a time. First the low voltage power supply. After all, nothing else will work without it. Next, the high voltage section and sweep circuits. This way, I could at least get a raster. Often times the set will work at this point but the signal circuits still have to be recapped. Restoring a TV is like eating an elephant, you gotta do it one bite at a time.
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