[DavGoodlin]

I have the Hotpoint version of this GE and have worked on some others. The WORST discharge I ever got was from a '68 GE color when I was 14, I was running it with the shunt regulator cap off thinking that was intermittent HV cause, and when it did not fix the issue, I leaned over the metal escutcheon to replace the insulated cap onto the 6EJ4, and pow - just like that I was tossed backward. I saw stars!

That view of the PC board brought back memories of being dumbfounded any one would design this way. At least RCA 14" from 56-57 was hand wired, not like PC board sets of 1958 and later, that also required clip and hook replacements.

The CRTS were survivors - 70 degree with a standard tube gun. The first step to take is replace the selenium rectifiers, input doubler cap and the filter caps.

GE tended to use better (still bad by now) wax caps and you may be surprised if you do just the power supply, then fire it up.

I call that a viability test, to see if yoke-fly-crt-vot is OK. The wax caps are still needed, or it won't work for long. That UHF tuner is a definite plus, I never saw one on a GE.