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Originally Posted by Penthode
I spotted on the Toronto Craigslist a Toronto made Motorola set. The rear view of the set is interesting: there appears to be an outboard power transformer located at the bottom rear. You can make out some heavy cabling going from the transformer to the chassis.
I recall some older Canadian sets assembled from a US chassis which had transformers too big for the chassis. But I do not recall seeing the transformer mounted elsewhere.
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/atq/2691715215.html |
In our little hick town (Globe, AZ) there was another shop (Cody James Electronics) that specialized in converting TVs to 25 cycle for folks in Roosevelt. He would custom build a subchassis carrying the transformer, the 5U4, and filters and mount it just as shown in your example. Except the transformer was a
lot bigger.
Our shop was LT Radio & TV Service. Darndest thing, Google Street View goes through that town, and the building is still there and virtually unchanged after 50 years. It's a baby goods and infant wear store now.