RCA Victor 6T74 Finally Finnished!

[holmesuser01]

I've said this on the ARF site too:

Congratulations Bill!

Here I will say: This set will be around for a long time to come. I've read about the problems for several years on ARF and am so glad that it is now fixed. Seeing McHales Navy for the first time in many years is fun. I saw all of them from the beginning of the series to the end on the network run. Made me really like seeing Joe Flynn as Binghamton (the accent is on the ham) and Tim Conway as Parker play off of each other.

I'm still surprised that RCA allowed that set to get out of the QC area. But, I dont know how they were back then. It's like when they have a car that wont start at the end of the assembly line... They push it out of the way. I hear they are known as "goodies for the dealer."

Again, Bill, Congratulations!

Bruce McGee

[Bill Cahill]

Thanks, guys. Still have my vertical problem. Looks like a resistor is changing value, but, if that's the worst that happens, I'm happy.
Once I saw it go into a vertical bar, black out, then, come back a full picture, but, it hasn't done it since, so, why borrow trouble??
Anyway, slight audio tuning problem is easily fixed. Probably tube drift.
All, in all, I'm happy with it. Picture is good. And, the round ball on Huckleberry Hound actually looks round, now.
Bill Cahill

[Bill Cahill]

Just finnished enjoying 6 programs of The Dick Van Dyke Show on DVD.
Great program.
Except for slight vertical shrinking at bottom, set played great.
Enjoyed myself very much!
Bill Cahill

[Bill Cahill]

And, here are the latest pictures of it playing.....
Bill Cahill

[Tubejunke]

Hey Bill, what is the difference between your set and my RCA TC-127? Your CRT looks bigger. Mine is a 12". That's great that you have figured out everything and the set looks great! I would still love to get more volume out of mine, but I can hear it in the room, so it hasn't had high priority lately with all of the really broken stuff I have.

[Bill Cahill]

I have the same sound issue.
Mine is KCS 47. Yours is KCS 38, I believe.
Maj0r differences in the two.
Mine is a 16", consisting of a 16GP4 pin. Tube.
Bill Cahill

[pallophotophone]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

My mask isn't wooden. It's plastic. And, quite a bit larger than yours. It's a 16" set.
And, yes, it would ruine the value of your set.
Bill Cahill

And wood makes a lousy insulator - especially at those voltages!!



Pallophotophone

[Bill Cahill]

Actually, I see nothing wrong with wood as insulation, even at 13KV.
Bill Cahill

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

Actually, I see nothing wrong with wood as insulation, even at 13KV.
Bill Cahill

I concur! Especially remembering how Motorola, for one, used the underside of the chassis as a high voltage cage in the early to mid fifties. There was a metal cover from the factory for the flyback and HV rectifier, but I have had three such sets and two of them had no metal cover. Now metal cabinet sets have always sort of freaked me out anyway because it's way too easy to get zapped like that. I recently brought home a Zenith color "roundie" with a metal cabinet. All of that color second anode voltage and other high current circuitry and a piece of woodgrain metal is all that keeps it from me!

[marty59]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

I concur! Especially remembering how Motorola, for one, used the underside of the chassis as a high voltage cage in the early to mid fifties. There was a metal cover from the factory for the flyback and HV rectifier, but I have had three such sets and two of them had no metal cover. Now metal cabinet sets have always sort of freaked me out anyway because it's way too easy to get zapped like that. I recently brought home a Zenith color "roundie" with a metal cabinet. All of that color second anode voltage and other high current circuitry and a piece of woodgrain metal is all that keeps it from me!

Two words....Isolation Transformer!
Being a transformer power supply set you should be ok. Once the the set is in running condition you can always take a meter and measure chassis ground to a A/C plug ground to detect any leakage. I've been around a lot of metal cabinet sets in the day and I'm ok! Really!!

But if you're unsure of that Zenith I'll be glad to remove it from your premises!!

[marty59]

Bill, I do love your set..It's good to sit back, and enjoy it!!

[Bill Cahill]

A friend of mine recently gave the opinion that due to a combination past problems, and, old age the set may not be totally reliable. Possibly not. Not sure.
I do know that once in awhile, with, or without a pop in speaker, I will see entire picture completely fold into a jagged, arc like vertical white line for about a second.This only happens once in awhile, and, not long enought to try to find out what's going on. There is no average time to it, and, it only lasts no more than a second. I'm concerned about that, but, what can I do? I'd like to tap the damper tube, but RCA has made that impossible with the horizontal output right in front of it. Not a great design.
I had to detune second vid. I F in order to get more volume out of set, but, this has caused it to have a little less contrast.
Oh, well.
Set really needs realignment. Some day I'm going to take the chassis to John Folsom's.
He said he's realign it for me.....

On another related note, this Saturday, a friend from Michigan is bringing me the following items:
Stromberg Carlson 16" round tube upright I won on ebay two years ago.
6T84 RCA Victor combination set from a collector friend. Needs work, but, set has been worked on extensively, and, tv plays.
RCA 17" red metal cabinet table model set. Sort of plays. From same friend.
Admiral 17" metal table model series string set. Still works, but, needs rebuilding. Same friend.
1954? Bakelite table model 16" rect. Admiral. Has had alot of work done. Plays, but, needs some electrolytic work. Two cans are used, and, gatting quite hot.
Same friend.
4 am fm table radios.
Tubes.
He was going to work on this stuff, but, found his collection is in overload, so he decided to cut back slightly.
I appreciate these goodies from him very much.
I will have to put new electolytics in comb RCA, some cabinet work, and, perhaps replace used rebuilt weak pix tube.
Some one replaced many paper caps in tv chassis. My friend replaced a few more to get horizontal oscilator to stabilize. He said it's got an excellent picture.
I think I'll enjoy working on these simpler projects....
Am I nutz? Probably.....
Bill Cahill Thanks, Dennis, er, Mr. Detrola, for the goodies.

[miniman82]

You should pay more attention to Craigslist, Bill.



Yours for a song, or if you can't sing $1 will suffice. lol

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/atq/1840948653.html

[RitchieMars]

"I know nothing about this high definition television... It may work it may not but I honestly think it does."

OMG!

[Bill Cahill]

Originally Posted by miniman82

You should pay more attention to Craigslist, Bill.



Yours for a song, or if you can't sing $1 will suffice. lol

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/atq/1840948653.html

And, how do you reccommend I pick it up????
I'm in Florida. Not exactly around the block, and, I don't drive.
B C