To EHT, or not EHT?

[Glenz75]

Hi Adam, yeah me too addicted definitely...Last count about 20 plus old TV sets so that kind of says it! I don't know if you have had a look at my blog and that shows about half of what I've got..there is still a few more to add when I get time.

It must have cost you a small fortune to have all three of them shipped to Australia, and New Zealand it'd be pretty much the same, thats why I haven't even looked into getting anything from overseas...cost and the risk factor of it arriving damaged.

We were pretty much the same here in NZ with television, didn't officially get TV until around 1960 and colour came in 1974 so no hyrid or full valve colour sets at all and like in AU all our early sets were rectangular CRT's also. Some very early round CRT UK sets did make it here, but have never seen one and being 405 line they wouldn't have worked very well here being 625 line.

The earliest NZ made TV set I own is a 1959 Pye which has a 90 degree CRT and is very English looking in its layout etc. I'm only just got them (two) recently so and yet to look at those too.

Cheers!
Glen

Originally Posted by Down Under

Thanks a lot Glen,

yes, I'd call myself addicted! The Predictas have certainly created an impression at home, but I really want to restore them to their former working glory to fully appreciate them. If you're in NZ, you'll also understand the freight costs to get these beauties over. I've been lucky, all of my sets have arrived exactly as they were packed.

A colour roundie, I didn't know they even existed until I read various posts in this forum! By the time we had colour TV in AU, the tubes were well and truly rectangular. Even the early BW sets were mainly rectangular!

I was lucky enough to get an HMV rounded BW set, haven't looked at it yet, but it shouldn't be too hard hopefully as I have the squarer version alreay working.

Catchya,

Adam

[DaveWM]

yes HOT to me is Horz Output Tube, I refer to the horizontal output transformer simply as the "fly or flyback"

Too bad you do not have a TV analyst, I find them helpful for quick trouble shooting of HV. I doubt its a couplate if the grid signal is still good with the yoke attached.

[Down Under]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

yes HOT to me is Horz Output Tube, I refer to the horizontal output transformer simply as the "fly or flyback"

Too bad you do not have a TV analyst, I find them helpful for quick trouble shooting of HV. I doubt its a couplate if the grid signal is still good with the yoke attached.

Thanks, it makes sense that you're talking about the tube when I think about it. I don't think the flyback has a screen! I'm looking into an analyser as we speak on eBay, we can't seem to get them here so it'll be a US Sencore. No matter, I use the same tranny to power up my Predictas, my BK747 tube tester and soon possibly the Sencore!

[DaveWM]

the BK 1076 or 1077 have a lot of utility, there is a test patter, gated color bar,RF/IF/Video and for sweep circuits it has a plate drive (you attach the plate clip from the fly to it to see if the fly/damper/yoke is ok) and grid drives for both vertical and horz. You can live without it, but I find it handy, and besides I am an equipment junkie...

[Down Under]

Hi Glen,

I'll check out your pages very soon, it's always very interesting to see the sets that people have. (And where they manage to put them all!) I have a total of 6 at the moment, but only the squarer HMV working for now) As I'm renting, I haven't got a proper workshop which is very frustrating.

The Predictas cost about A$700.00 to freight each, packed in a box inside another box, lined with foam. The sellers I've bought from have been excellent, the only annoyance happens when I see a TV I want on ebay but the seller won't ship. The Holiday I bought was listed 3 times before I came along and bought it, the seller mentioned on the 2nd and 3rd listings that the previous winning bidders were put off by the freight costs. I paid a fortune for this, and prices have dropped since. But I have it, it's in excellent condition, and I love it. Can't wait to restore it.

I also had a small GE 17 inch set brought over, and all 4 US TVs have arrived intact. Asking the seller to remove the CRT plug and pack it aside so it can't break the neck of the tube can help, but I've only had that happen once, and all of my tubes are OK. (Not sure about emissions on the Holiday tube yet!)

Catchya,

Adam