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Hello again,
Yes this set has silicone holding the tube in place.
I discovered a problem with it today, however.
I went into my back room today, where I have the set and swore I could smell the "smell" of hot tubes. I checked to make sure that I didn't leave a radio or TV on and found that everything was turned off. My radios and other TV are unplugged so I didn't think anything of it.
This afternoon, I decided to turn the Zenith on again, and noticed how the picture IMEDIATLY came to life when I rotated the volume/power switch.
I thought to myself, that's weird since I know that this set takes a minute to warm up.
I turned it back of and peeked through the little ventilation holes in the back to watch the glow of the tubes. To my surprise, they stayed lit!
The picture tube went dark, and the audio quit, however two of the tubes in the set still glowed. It wasn't until I pulled the plug that they went out.
There must be a problem in the power/volume switch. I'll work on that later.
I'm troubled though since I had the set plugged in all night last night, and those tubes were powered all night long. Who knows how long they have been that way. I guess there is nothing I can do about it now.
I'll have to tear it apart this week.
Thanks,
MK
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