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Not a problem -- glad the series of posts appealed to its audience. It was fun work too.
I'm swayed towards getting the 2nd "Monster Maggie" on eBay (the one at a reasonable starting price). I think the two sets are identical, except the 2nd one lacks the top "detachable crown", which makes it look like a plainer model. The photography is poorer too, making it look like less of a set. But I think they're both the same thing. I don't know if the crown was lost on the 2nd set, or if it was optional to begin with.
Unfortunately North Carolina is just too far away. I drove to Cleveland a couple of weeks ago for my first Zenith color roundie, and that was an ordeal. NC would be a weekend at least, and probably a Ryder truck rental to put it in. Hundreds of dollars and headaches. I'll have to pass.
Polaraman should go get it...
Bill, I look forward to seeing your Maggie when you get around to it.
On the line caps, I'm leery about leaving my set plugged in when I'm not using it. The line caps are connected to AC and chassis, even when the TV's power switch is "off". Anybody have any strong feelings on that? It's how it was made, factory, so it was expected to be used that way. Just wonder how safe it is. I almost re-wired them to the OTHER side of the power switch, which makes more sense, but didn't feel like modifying the original circuit. Curiously, it's wired that way in the Sams schematic, so I could have re-wired it to match. Maybe Magnavox realized the error later in production, and Sams got the later version? Sure didn't look like my set was modified. It was a curiosity.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words. Maybe another project pretty soon...
- Kirk
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