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Originally Posted by dishdude
I didn't think Zenith made any CRTs in Mexico, I thought that plant stayed in the US and the tubes were shipped to Mexico for final assembly.
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Correcto
Zenith actually had 2 CRT's
1) Zenth Radio Corp / Zenith electronics EIA 343
2) Rauland Div of Zenith EIA 1101
Never knew why you could get either in a given model. I also had
a customer whos daughter worked for Rauland. It seemed to run independent
of Zenith, tax reasons ??
To my knowledge only built in the Chicago area. They only built
13" through 27" jugs. All other colors were sourced out.
Zenith Taiwan B&W sets used Clinton CRT's usually.
The Mexico plant was a disaster. We got 2 sabotaged sets. Both
;had wires snipped. Must have been just as the back went on.
The regional service mng came & took them. They were apx 1 month apart.
Just 2 really adds up with the huge number of dealers in the US.
73 Zeno
LFOD !