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I got it.almost didn't though. When I offered $25 he started bringing up ebay prices.I was going to leave but I tried $50.He finally came up with $75.no way I was paying $75 but I said I might entertain more if you let me test a few things.Since he had plugged it in I decided to give it a whirl.It came up with a raster.So the flyback was proven good and the crt had life.But I wanted to see how much so I brought in my B&K 465.It was a little slow getting there(around a couple of minutes) but the emission came up well into the good range at near 700 without boosting the fliament or anything.So my final offer was $60 and if he didn't say yes I was ready to walk away even though I had just drove over 50 miles to Trappe MD. He said yes so it's mine.
Btw it is a RCA model 17T172 chassis I believe is a KCs 66.It's double stamped and hard to read. It has been converted to a larger tube a 20" but the replacement bezel doesn't look bad at all. you can just put your finger under the middle of it on the 4 sides. I told him that but he probably wouldn't have heard or paid attention to this being a reason it was worth less. Oh well.Probably paid too much but it will get saved now instead of wasting away in that garage,going to the dump or being turned into a fish tank or bar.
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