A two Philco day!

[Eric H]

It was a good (or bad depending) day to find vintage sets today.

First up, I bought the 48-1000 on eBay today, forgetting about another set I had bid on at a local silent auction.

Well I already knew I had been outbid on the local set and figured I'd just let it go but decided to stop by on the way home since it ended at 6:00pm today, thought if nothing else I could talk to the person who bought it and see if they wanted to sell the guts or if they were restoring it.

Turns out the price was still pretty low so I tossed in another bid slightly higher that what it was and I wound up getting it!

It's a 49-1240, turns out I already have one I got off Craigslist, I thought this was a different model but oh well, hopefully the CRT is good.

Took off the back and the base cap of the CRT is pretty busted up and loose, it was difficult to get the socket off without breaking anything but I did it.

The heater comes and goes when you wiggle the base, I think it's just bad solder on the pins, hopefully not a broken wire, it tested good after about a minute of warm up, not bad considering it's probably been sitting for decades.
After a couple minutes it checked excellent! At least I got my moneys worth out of the CRT if nothing else.

The two sets in the last picture are the Craigslist set on the left (no, it's not necked) and the set I got tonight on the right. The one on the left is much cleaner.