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Hey I think it's great that you son is interested in restoring that old TV, and he will probably do a lot more. It's a great way to learn about electronics, how to use test equipment etc. When I was about his age, my dad brought home an old Motorola table model, which got me really interested in TVs myself. I tested all the tubes, took out the chassis, looked for burned parts, etc, and it had great sound but only a wide horizontal bar across the screen folding in at both the right and left. I'd turn it on, listen to it, and always hoped that somehow if would start working. Well, it didn't, but I kept trying different things, adjusting controls, etc. I know now that it was a bad deflection yoke, but the set got junked, and then started working on others which I would most of the time get working. I bought a tube tester from Radio Shack, and someone gave me an old analog VOM, and next thing I know I was into fixing TVs, radios, etc, for friends, neighbors, and learning how they operate. After high school, I attended REI, an electronics school in Omaha, graduated, got my first class FCC licence, (which wasn't need for fixing TVs), and went into the business of fixing TVs, and everything else electronic. Gave it up as an income about 15 years ago, when everything went to cheap throw away junk, as there was no money in it any more. Only in the last couple of years, I got interested again, just as a hobby, getting a thrill out of seeing these old TVs working again. I also love to work on computers, upgrading them, etc. You sons interest could very well lead to a rewarding career when he gets older. (PS, yes I got bit a few times, but it taught me to respect electricity).
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