Westinghouse found in the wild.

[Eric H]

The Wild being a thrift store.

This Westinghouse HCK611 had just been dropped off when I arrived, it was on the floor and priced before I left, $37 later it was in the back of my truck.
Some poor Dog is going to sleep on the Couch tonight.

CRT checks excellent as far as I can tell, my testers are bit screwed up but between the two of them I determined it checks like new on emissions and tracking.

Powered up and made a picture even, but the filters are shot and there's a loud hum in the sound.

[John Adams]

Great find.

[etype2]

Congratulations on this acquisition. Looks to be in great shape.

[Electronic M]

Not many of those left....I wonder if that's one of the Westinghouse sets with the rocketship HV cage.

[Eric H]

Here are a couple chassis shots. I'm assuming the 5/64 is the date.
The CRT appears original but there are no visible markings, not even on the base. There is a small white tag that says "Vacusealed".

[nasadowsk]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Not many of those left....I wonder if that's one of the Westinghouse sets with the rocketship HV cage.

Does anyone have a pic of the rocketship HV cage?

[damen]

Originally Posted by nasadowsk

Does anyone have a pic of the rocketship HV cage?

Westinghouse rocketship

[zeno]

Thats what we called it too. The rocket or Saturn V. I despised those sets.
Just like GE. BIG lots of talent but crappy TV's for the most
part.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

Originally Posted by damen

Westinghouse rocketship

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by zeno

Thats what we called it too. The rocket or Saturn V. I despised those sets.
Just like GE. BIG lots of talent but crappy TV's for the most
part.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

IIRC, they had a very cheezy series-string pc main board/"chassis".

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by nasadowsk

Does anyone have a pic of the rocketship HV cage?

I have one, a 19" Westy color! This set predates the Apollo 1 cage by 3 years.
I agree that HV cage is just like a '64 Magnavox U450, which is an RCA clone design-wise.

[TV Engineer]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

I have one, a 19" Westy color! This set predates the Apollo 1 cage by 3 years.
I agree that HV cage is just like a '64 Magnavox U450, which is an RCA clone design-wise.

It is, in fact, a Magnavox U45 chassis, but Magnavox chassis' were not RCA clones. They may have used similar tube compliments, but much of the circuitry was dramatically different.

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by Eric H

The Wild being a thrift store.

This Westinghouse HCK611 had just been dropped off when I arrived, it was on the floor and priced before I left, $37 later it was in the back of my truck.
Some poor Dog is going to sleep on the Couch tonight.

CRT checks excellent as far as I can tell, my testers are bit screwed up but between the two of them I determined it checks like new on emissions and tracking.

Powered up and made a picture even, but the filters are shot and there's a loud hum in the sound.

I'm surprised you aren't seeing hum bars in the picture as well as hearing hum in the audio, if the filter caps are that bad. I would replace them as soon as possible, as it seems they are on their last legs. Caps in this condition may be close to shorting as well, which could and probably will damage or destroy the power transformer if they don't cause the line fuse to blow first.

However, it sounds to me as if the CRT is in good shape, so if you correct the power supply problems the set should be OK. As I said, if you have severe hum in the sound, the capacitors are in very bad shape and will fail or short eventually. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised the filters are going bad if they are the originals, as the TV was made 58 years ago.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I'm surprised you aren't seeing hum bars in the picture as well as hearing hum in the audio, if the filter caps are that bad. I would replace them as soon as possible, as it seems they are on their last legs. Caps in this condition may be close to shorting as well, which could and probably will damage or destroy the power transformer if they don't cause the line fuse to blow first.

However, it sounds to me as if the CRT is in good shape, so if you correct the power supply problems the set should be OK. As I said, if you have severe hum in the sound, the capacitors are in very bad shape and will fail or short eventually. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised the filters are going bad if they are the originals, as the TV was made 58 years ago.

Dude, you really needed to tell Eric all that "electronics 101" stuff as though you were talking to a newbie TV collector, , really ????

I'm betting the man has a good idea of what it's gonna take to restore that set.......

[damen]

Looks like a Magnavox sourced chassis

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by damen

Looks like a Magnavox sourced chassis

I had the same thought. If that's the case that's interesting to learn...I never heard of Magnavox building sets for others before.