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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
If the crash repeats when you wiggle a tube, that tube’s socket might be funky, a weak point in Predictas. Sockets might have internal breaks or intermittent connections to the PC board.
Phil Nelson
Phil’s Old Radios
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Yes that was my first choice for troubleshooting. I've done 2 Seventeeners, that have an almost identical chassis to the Predicta, and I actually had to replace several sockets in both. I think it's so interesting the Predicta is such a hot vintage find because of design and it's absolutely bare minimum expense and component quality inside...really a "maximize profit margin" TV.