Badly listed Admiral 30A12S in Elma, NY

[bandersen]

Hmm So, the 30A13 appears to be mahogany and I know the 30A16 is blonde. Perhaps the 30A12 is walnut ?

[Eric H]

That set looks great, better than the rusty one stored in a crate for 30 years and a heck of a lot cheaper.

[mbear2k]

I pulled it apart last night to just do some quick cleaning. I think the years of cigarette smoke did a pretty good job protecting things. Although a real messy job, I was able to wipe it down and it looks pretty clean. I also put the CRT on my tester (BK 445) and there are no shorts, emissions is very good, but the cutoff is on the lower end of good. Life test fairly slowly worked it's way down. Here are a few more pics of the wiped down chassis:

[wa2ise]

You're gonna be busy replacing all those wax caps. And electrolytics. I have a similar set, a 24R12. Found that its vertical nonlinearity was due to a bad electroytic bypass cap in the vertical output.

[DaveWM]

Nice complete unmolested set. Cigarette Smoke tar makes for a great cosmoline substitute.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Hmm So, the 30A13 appears to be mahogany and I know the 30A16 is blonde. Perhaps the 30A12 is walnut ?

I went digging through the Admiral 30A1 chassis (Rider TV3) and found the cabinet styles

30A12 - Walnut
30A13 - Mahogany
30A14 - Walnut
30A15 - Mahogany
30A16 - Blond

[mbear2k]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I went digging through the Admiral 30A1 chassis (Rider TV3) and found the cabinet styles

30A12 - Walnut
30A13 - Mahogany
30A14 - Walnut
30A15 - Mahogany
30A16 - Blond

Good info to have. Both the A12 and A14 are Walnut?

I have all the caps and parts I need for this one, but it's going to be a few weeks. I'm elbows deep in my Admiral Tele-Bar restoration.

[Mike_]

Hi mbear2k:

I saw your Admiral posts and joined the forum right away! I was given a 30A15 yesterday, found on a street corner in an old neighborhood in Lowell, MA. Mine has channel 1 and a wafer tuner with 3 6J6's and no balun. I guess that it's the 1947 model. Uses two 11-pin keyed plugs for the power supply chassis; those are missing, as someone cut 'em off.

Thank you for the very nice photo inside the main chassis. It is helping me to identify some missing caps. Looks like the set was hacked at during some ancient attempt at repair.

BTW, congrats on the beautiful condition (mine has a bit of rust). How's the restoration turning out?