Hallicrafters T-506 scored

[Hemingray]

I'd love to have one myself, but lack of room kinda stops me

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by leadlike

6x5's have a bad reputation in the radio world for being prone to shorting out. Especially in those attractive Zenith consoles of the late 30's that used two of them, they would commonly take out the power transformer when they failed. Perhaps you just had a bad one.

I'd like to know what the rephased tag is in reference to as well. Perhaps it was made in '47 and sat on a shelf until the whole channel one mess was worked out, and then in '49 had the push button for ch. 1 hacked out and put up for sale.

Could be. Notice it says T-54 too. That's the older model I believe.

Originally Posted by marty59

Not to sidetrack from your post, I make a point of using the 6X5's that have the "X-Plate" style of design, like a 6X4 does.

But I'm sure that 25Vac filament voltage didn't help... I'm glad no damage occured as a result!!

SO am I, I hate to think what might have happended if it had a power xfrmr.

I wonder if I should put the dead one back in for appearance sake and install some diodes below. I'd need to stick a resistor in place of the filament too

Originally Posted by Hemingray

I'd love to have one myself, but lack of room kinda stops me

They're fairly small - as vintage TVs go anyway. I bet you could squeeze one in

[John Marinello]

Very nice job.

I have to say that I like the "bubble-headed booby" shot the best.