Old Muntz TV for sale Locally to me, Should I pick it up?

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

that's what I have and have been using, what I and Electronic M was talking about was an actual gauge that you had to physically wire into the box of the vairac and isolation transformer so you could monitor the voltage and current draw of the electronic device being brought up on the variac.

There's nothing wrong with using your killowatt meter in conjunction with the dim bulb setup. The reason for using the light bulb in series with the TV is to limit the current in the event there's some defective components.