Spotted an old Philco at S.A. this morning

[HatchetJack]

Ok, I will see if I can find one locally. One of my customers used to repair
VCR's , Stereos and Tv's back in the day for all the local pawnshops and he
is going to swing by and take a look at it. He said he met an old TV repair
guy a month or so back that might have some tubes. So blow it out with an
air hose, replace the tube, plug it in and see what happens?

[DaveWM]

dont blow it out, you will endup getting dag everywhere (the flaking stuff on the crt) and run the risk of blowing a fine wire loose. just replace the tube. If you have a variac and a DMM you could monitor the AC line current.

If no variac then a 100 watt light bulb in series with the ac line would be a good idea.


It may just work, but the filter caps may short, in which case the fuseistor will prob go (pic 5 I think).

a softer start up on a variac will give it a better chance, and at least you could monitor the current.