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Originally Posted by leadlike
Was the newer power transformer added to accommodate the extra amps the audio chassis would draw?
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Probably not. These power transformers have a habit of frying the HV winding which is usually made of #42 wire. It is not unusually to have a bad transformer however exact replacements are not hard to obtain.
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Originally Posted by vts1134
Really??? What do you think would be the motivation to make a shield like that?
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It looks like someone was trying to shield the tuner from noise. With all the original crt mounting pieces missing, it may have been due to what was mounted in there at some point. The HM-171, HM-185, HM-225 and HM-226 all use this same basic tuner (3 or 5 channel versions) and none of them ever had a shield from the factory. No shield is mentioned or shown in the original manuals. Also if you notice, the corners of this shield are soldered together, not something GE would have done at the factory.
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Originally Posted by decojoe67
The seller has the absolute right to say "it could be many years until another one comes on the market", and he would be correct.
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While that may or may not be true, and there certainly is no way of predicting when the next one will come up for sale, the last one sold out of the ETF classifieds less than a year ago.
I'm not trying to tear this set down, just point out that they have come up for sale very regularly over the years, many times in much better condition, many times in worse, so it's up to the buyer to decide if this is the set for them.