Picked up a RCA KCS72A today1

[josephdaniel]

Today I want to this overpriced flea market today and saw the same RCA set that has been there for over a year just siting. It has been there so long because they were asking 200 for it but today it was 50! I'm somewhat mad they moved it outside under the deck a few weeks ago as we have had several inches of rain recently and it didn't help the finish nor the cabinet... I had my CRT tester with me just in case I stumbled upon anything I asked if I could plug it up and test the CRT and it came up about 50% on my tester! I got the home and just for the heck of it plugged it in (I know I shouldn't) as soon as the set warmed up I was greeted with a nice bright full raster and very clear and good audio. I couldn't get the horizontal to lock but there was some video getting through.
After that I took it upstairs and pulled the chassis and from the parts under there this set was almost entirely recapped with brown drops in the 60's and there was one new looking orange drop and a few mica caps that looked very new. I am guessing the the local Mr.Wizard did this and just fixed the set to work... All in all I think there were about 15 wax papers left in the set if I remember right, but I am going to replace all of those brown drops too. Also does anyone know when Radio Shack was selling those "lifetime" tubes this set has two or three of them installed...

Pictures coming soon!