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Originally Posted by rca2000
Ok. here are a few pictures. The first one is not good--sun reflected somehow and created a "rainbow effect". The others are fair. and should give some idea of this set and its shape.
That broken interlock does concern me.
And a novice seeing this set would no DOUBT be SURE if it color..even from the BACK....with its full-size CRT cup.
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This TV is definitely not a color set. There are only three controls on the front panel between the CRT and the tuners; one of those controls is a thumbwheel. Moreover, there are none of the standard color controls on the rear of the set (R-G-B screen, G2, etc)., nor is there a service switch. The CRT cap is too small for this TV to be a color set, as well. Most Zenith color TVs had very large triangular shaped CRT caps. The neck of the CRT in this set also seems to me to be much too thin to be part of a color tube.
Until I saw this one I had never before seen a TV chassis that small; sheesh, even the small PC board on the chassis, which may well have contained most of the set's signal circuits, looked too small for a color set. The only chassis-mounted parts I could see were the horizontal output transistor, the power transformer and the flyback, plus an assembly that looked like it had three controls mounted one atop the other. The tuner cluster and front-panel controls are mounted to the cabinet in the usual way.
As to the interlock, if you will be using the set yourself and have no plans to sell it, I see nothing wrong with hard-wiring the power cord to the leads connected to the female plug on the chassis. This dodge will, of course, void the TV's UL approval, which is why this must not be done if the set will be sold; in fact, there may be (and if there isn't there should be) a law against selling any TV having a hacked or bypassed interlock. I have several radios here in which I have removed the interlock cord (when said cord developed cracks in the insulation, especially near the male plug that mates with the female one on the chassis) and am using a standard cheater cord to power them.
I honestly don't know how many of these 22" Zenith b&w consoles were sold, but my best guess is not too many since they don't show up very often. Of course, the sets that were in use are probably now in storage or are gathering dust, having been replaced by a CRT type or flat screen color set. It wouldn't surprise me if the 22" b&w SS Zenith consoles become collectable some day, as rare as they seem to be.