Reviving original South Australian B&W TV.

[Alan Merritt]

Good evening all.


I obtained an indigenous brand "Kriesler" B&W TV which is dated inside from 1959. Bearing in mind that TV broadcasts in South Australia did not begin until 1959, I reckon I've got one of the first TVs in the state!

I have had a few of this brand before and have usually been able to get them going - in fact a 3-in-1 from 1964 takes pride of place in my kitchen, and is regularly used.They are branded on the back "The best in sight and sound" and were about the priciest in their day.

After replacing the big rating capacitors ( which I usually do), the picture, which previously was the usual "line across the screen", after a while became a little higher.

A friend who knows a lot more than me had a go at it this Saturday, and stated that the voltages are way down, and the cause was most likely the pair of valves used for the rectifier. They are 6N3s and don't seem to be very common. He replaced them with diodes, but this resulted in an instant fuse blow, so I called the job off.

I think that I would need to find some new replacement rectifier valves, but am open to suggestions. I can post a scan of the circuit diagram, if necessary.

Cheers from no longer daylight saving South Australia!

Alan Merritt