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Jeff: Your Zenith is normal when you plug it in and get the rush of high voltage. They all did that.
In 1968, we got that new RCA New Vista TV. I remember them bringing it to the house in the RCA box, which I kept for ages. The two techs spent about 2 hours setting it up. I remember the dot/bar generator they used. The first show I watched in color was SPIDERMAN... This was a Saturday. I heard the set make some odd sounds and the pic pulled in on the sides, and popped back out. Things were fine until Ed Sullivan came on on Sunday night. Set just blacked out, with sound, and burned. My mom was adamant about not getting this set back, and we didn't have an RCA tv again for years. Thinking back, ever had an electrolytic blow on you? It was that kind of smell.
In the 1980's I got a CTC-39 25" set. It was given to me. Had intermittant color. I resoldered the entire color circuit board in my spare time, and cured its problem.
I could be wrong, but its possible that the set that burned was a CTC-39 chassis.
The one I had in the '80's had a beautiful picture. I used it in my living room for years. Then, I sold it to some friends. I think they still have it in their basement.
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