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Originally Posted by bandersen
Here's the 16R26. It's cabinet is also in good condition.
Here they are side-by-side. You can really see the difference between the Silverama CRT on the left and the 16KP4 on the right.
 
I'll create separate restoration threads once I begin work to avoid confusion. |
Bob,
I think that the 16R12 came with a 16KP4/16RP4 originally. I wonder if that CRT was a replacement and it was made to work in the cabinet? Or, maybe it was a version of the same one. Interesting.
You can see that the HV cage is different between the two chassis so it is entirely possible that the 16R12 came with the 17" tube. Both chassis that I had/have are like your 26R12 with the louvers etc.
As for resistors, I found a similar thing when I worked on my set. There were several "doubled up" resistors to attain a certain value. I suspected a poor repair job in the past. But it was suggested that Admiral was having difficulty getting resistors, maybe for the reason stated above. So, yours is interesting. As you can see, an easy restore with plenty of room. I opened all of the electrolytic cans and stuffed them. In one situation, I could not fit one value so I installed two in parallel and they fit just fine, I am thinking it was a 20µFD and I installed two identical 10µFD in parallel. That fit just fine.
One other thing that you may find odd is that both of my chassis have a 12H6 instead of a 6H6 and both chassis were rubber stamped with "12H6" so I know it was not a mistake
