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Originally Posted by pugs5061
I noticed there aren't any "Do It Right" stickers on this one. You better be on the look out for factory mistakes!
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Roger that. The seller claimed it worked fine, but had lost the power cord so couldn't demonstrate it
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Originally Posted by Sandy G
That big orange doohickey is a selenium rectifier, ain't it ? They go out, too, usually makin' a very smelly mess when they do. Yeah, I'd say those caps have seen better days.
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Yep, there are two of them forming a voltage doubler right of the AC line.
I learned the hard way how bad these suckers smell when they let go. It's something you never forget!
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Originally Posted by Eric H
This just gets more interesting, have you found a date stamped on it anywhere?
Most of these do have one either on the back apron or on top somewhere.
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Nope, no dates anywhere. Yeah, I know what you mean though. All the other VT71s I've seen have a month and year.
I started putting together a little database form the sets I have seen.
Here's all I have so far.
It sure makes it seem likely that this set fits in nicely at the top of the list.
Can anyone else supply some serial #s and dates ?
TS-4 serial # 2425 (manufacture date: ??? )
TS-4D serial # 23149 (manufacture date: ???, 1948)
TS-4H serial # 45354 (manufacture date: July 26, 1948)
TS-4J serial # 52186 (manufacture date: Oct ??, ????)
TS-4J serial # 61454 (manufacture date: January, 5 1949)
TS-4J serial # 67607 (manufacture date: January 10, 1949)
TS-4J serial # 86923 (manufacture date: April 23, 1949)
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Originally Posted by HadYourPhil
The first one sold was the TS-4B. The first one with fine tuning was the TS-4H. The last chassis in that run was the TS-4J, with an "early" and "late" version.
This comes from my Wallace's Telaides book. My set is a TS-4D.
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Do you know the serial number and date of your set ?
Yeah, I have that Telaides too. I found the TS-4 in Riders volume 1. There's an early and a late version. The late matches my chassis.