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03-30-2007, 08:38 PM
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Even more importantly, can we get back on the question at hand please?
 From my experience, with a set proplerly restored (red velvet ropes and all), it should deliver the same or better reliable performance as when new.  I agree, 2 hours a day of use should be pretty easy on the set. Of course, there is always a lurking issue of a flyback or a resistor or two that weren't replaced acting up but I should expect it to run for several months before needing any tubes changed. I used to have a 23" Sylvania that I replaced the flyback and HO tubes in and the thing ran 4-6 hours a day for two years until the back fell off of it and sliced the neck of the CRT. Oh that hurt to see and hear. Yes, I know, I should have secured it better. Live and learn, but that was 20 years ago.  Until that time, it worked like a champ so from a quality set like a Zenith, it should play for a good long time between touch ups. 
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03-30-2007, 08:46 PM
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Uhhh, can't wait to see the smackdown that is about to unfold.
Oh, in keeping on track, I hope you enjoy your roundie for years to come.
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03-31-2007, 08:12 PM
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It has not been re-gunned. It has a CRT that I suspect was replaced in the Seventies and still has full emission. I'm not sure of the condition of the flyback because I don't have the horizontal section running yet, that's where the trouble is just now. It sounds like it will be quite a reliable set. I know with my restored radios, they run for many years of daily service without needing anything. TV sets however have many more tubes and the law of averages suggests they will need more maintenance. My wife and kids are going out of town in another month so I plan to tear this set to pieces and restore it before they get back.
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