Checking Vertical Output Transformers??

[Tubejunke]

I'll try it out this weekend. Your last statement is exactly what I was thinking. I just have a rudimentary knowledge of electronics. So I wasnt sure if I would have been making a stupid statement. I understand a whole lot but I have a long ways to go. Thats why this site is do great. I can ask for advice and sometimes give advice.

What we are doing with vintage equipment is not taught in school anymore. Most young techs with a degree and a fat wallet would look at you like you were crazy if you slapped an old 50's tv on his bench and said fix it...Its great we can keep this knowlege alive.

And yes, the last tube layout is what I have...

Thanks
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[Tube TV]

I have the same problem here the last tech retired last year , and he was not interested in tubes that much , I always get told , " why do you want to fix that , its B&W and it old ?" All I tell them is , " Thats the whole point or my collection " .
Audiokarma is a great place , I really enjoy discussing old tv's and doing what I can to help out a fellow collector .
I ran into a previous thread from 2004 , since then have you changed the electolytics ? and the 5U4 ?
If you want to leave the cans , there is a great unit for testing them .
A Heathkit capacitor checker ,the C-3 is a great unit and will test for leakage using a voltage source it suppies to the cap at the proper working voltage .then it determines if the cap is leaking or not ,plus it has a resistor checker in it also , it uses a magic eye . They sell for 35 buck usually .
It would pick out problem parts in a hurry .
I have the sencore LC2 leakage checker and I dont know how I lived without it .
It's the best $ 28.00 I ever spent .
I will go throught the schematics that I have and see what I can find that is perhaps powering the vertical , and also the sound circuit .
Good luck with the diode .