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If it's a solid state TV, you'll probably be safe with firing it up. Even the tube sets from the mid '60's and later can usually be fired up without extreme risk. Anything older than the mid '60's should probably be powered up under more controlled conditions because the older tube stuff is more likely to have bad capacitors that can take expensive parts with them when power is applied.
The very first generation colortrak TV's from the mid '70's were built like tanks and used a fold-down chassis. Starting in '77, RCA cheaped out on their chassis design. They are still decent sets; but, are not nearly as good as the older XL100 and first generation colortrak chassis.
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