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Welp I finally got the set today. I normally wouldn't jump into powering up a set this old but the owner said he did only a couple weeks ago, so I figured any harm that was going to happen, would have happened already.
So it powers up, all tubes that I can see including the 21FBP22 picture tube glow a nice orange, and after some 10-15 seconds the HV winds up and I see all 3 guns firing to form a nice horizontal white line across the picture tube!! So Im excited, there is no vertical deflection, and I didn't hear any sound either, and the horizontal output tube has a blue arc after the HV started. Also heard some popping. I didn't leave it powered on past that. I think its a good start though. Some of the majors are working!
The cabinet top is rough shape, Quite dirty over all and does need some cabinet work. I think I have a guy that can fabricate new top/side panels for it. It has 45 years of dust in it, but from a non-smoking household. I think as suggested my first move is cleaning it, finding a schematic and the lytics. It is 100% complete though. So I think its a good find especially being in Canada.
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