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Picked up my first Color Tube set-for only $1!!!
I found a GE Portacolor!!! Model WM212HWD-4 with an H-4 chassis. Sorry guy's, no pictures.(I'm on my iPod) Not sure of the year, but the set dosnt have Portacolor written on it and it does not have the clicker style UHf tuner. Anyways this set's actually pretty clean, after some cleaning... No major scratches, no real cosmetic issues.
Inside it was dirty. I cleaned it up and made sure everything looked ok. It looked good, no signs of being baked or even any monkeying around either. I slowly powered it up, and other than the CRT taking its sweet time to light, it works and has no major issues. Filter caps stay cool. Tested the tubes as well and all test in the middle of the good range. For a doller and a few hours of tlc, I've got a nice set. Now, how I found it. I've been interested in picking one of these up for awhile now, but haven't been interested in eBay prices. I've seen enough of these sets in photos to know what to look for if I saw one. Well, this morning I spotted it on an auction house(that I sometimes go to) website. Wasn't planning on goin to this auction but the back of this little tv looked interesting. Looked like a porta, but all they showed was the back. Went over there and sure enough. They all thought it was a black and white set and nobody wanted it! Oh-well!!! There ya go, doller well spent! Anyway's what's there to restoring one of these? All I see are 2 paper caps and then of coarse, changing the lytics. Also, is there anyway to adjust focus? Just curious for now, still have other sets ahead, radio's included. |
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