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OK, so I figured out the mystery of the model number of this set and the one like mine that was in another thread on here.
Sam's DID actually cover this set, in Set 173 Folder 10, the actual model of this set is the Philharmonic Model 820! The exta zero was a typo on the model no. sticker and if you look carefully at the model number sticker the extra zero is actually crossed out, with a felt tipped marker.
So what this TV is actually is a Philharmonic Model 820 TV that was made by Meck Industries of Plymouth, Indiana.
So if anyone has a copy of Sam's 173 folder 10 that they could scan and upload that would be most helpful.
Also a little update on the repair process, I completely rebuilt the audio circuit in the TV and part of the sweep circuitry as far as replacing resistors go, and I'm still getting current draw in excess of 191 watts, and no vertical or horizontal or high voltage still, which I think I have narrowed my issue down to a bad 5U4 tube, which I think if I can just get a fresh 5U4G tube installed in the TV (instead of the questionable ones I have currently that were all redplated or close to redplated when they were ran when the TV had the shorted capacitors in it), I think the TV will start running fine.
The reason why I'm thinking this is because if none of the 5U4 tubes I have currently are strong enough to get the horizontal and vertical oscillators running then that would explain the excessive current draw, because as I understand it, if your vertical and horizontal oscillators aren't running then the TV is going to draw Excessive amounts of current because the vertical and horizontal oscillators when they run help to get the current draw down (at least that's how Shango has always explained it whenever he's worked on sets like this that have had excessive current draw.)
I guess I'll just have to test my theory and buy a NOS 5U4G tube from AES or one of the other tube outfits online.
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