Philco rescued in Minnesota

[miniman82]

As advertised, the set works when I plug it in. Bad news is there's a strange red flicker in the picture, vertical height is not what it should be, and something smells bad after being on a minute or so...

Yanked the chassis and started looking for what I assumed would be a cap with one lead in the grave, but everything looks brand new in this chassis. Cap search was inconclusive, so I used my nose to see if I could track down the source of the foul odor. It seemed to be coming from the PCB with all the demod and driver stuff on it, but at first I didn't see anything. That got my analytical aviation eyes in high gear and I stared and stared- then I saw it: carbon tracking from pin 6 to 7 of the X demod/R-Y tube! It's a 6BL8, pin 6 is the plate and 7 is the cathode/supressor of the demod section. Looks like I'll have to dig the burnt crud out, and see if I can push some epoxy in the space left over to try and clean it up. If you guys have a better idea on how to fix that, I'm all ears.

Hopefully after fixing the demod trace, this thing should produce a color picture!

[miniman82]

Dug out the carbon with a razor, touched up vert height and centering, and she's a runner!

Think I'll put this in as my daily runner, it's got a nice stong tube with plenty of life left.

[Phil Nelson]

Hey, you posted the solution just as I was typing a reply.

Did you fill the dug-out path with epoxy (I have used JB Weld), or just leave it open?

Phil Nelson

[sampson159]

excellent picture!those philcos had a look all their own.love that set and happy for your good fortune

[miniman82]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Did you fill the dug-out path with epoxy (I have used JB Weld), or just leave it open?

I just left it. After thinking about it, I figured I'd better not give it another path to track through. No idea if the stuff I would have put in there would have formed another path for current or not. If it does it again, I can just remove the small trace on the right, and sub in a wire.

Thanks sampson, it does feel good to get an easy one every now and then. I think the main fliter cap does need replaced though, the picture has a barely perceptible 60hz wave rolling through it. I'll leave that for the future though, for now it runs just fine.

[ggregg]

Looks great! I see it isn't any warmer in Chicago than it is here. Where the heck is Spring.