FINALLY got a 4 tube Zenith console !! (23DC14).

[zeno]

Surprised more of these arnt around still. In the mid
70's you could make a living just on these they were so common.
Looks like this one may have had the red "ladder" style tripler
& the giant red cap that went in the slot above the focus
control. They must have had a fire cause they pulled the
cap & subbed it to a tripler kit. They were petrified of fires,
orders were if a set ever had the smallest open flame to get it
right to the distributor for eval.

73 Zeno

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by zeno

Surprised more of these arnt around still. In the mid
70's you could make a living just on these they were so common.
Looks like this one may have had the red "ladder" style tripler
& the giant red cap that went in the slot above the focus
control. They must have had a fire cause they pulled the
cap & subbed it to a tripler kit. They were petrified of fires,
orders were if a set ever had the smallest open flame to get it
right to the distributor for eval.

73 Zeno

Not sure HOW you can tell from the pix's that is had the red tripler !! It does NOT now--the one in it is a grey one. I THINK my portable 4 tube set DOES have the red tripler..

It is my guess...that bad triplers set most of these sets to their graves....WAY before the tube or any other expensive part died...Triplers were dying in tv's as far back as the late 1970's--from what I read...

[zeno]

Originally Posted by rca2000

Not sure HOW you can tell from the pix's that is had the red tripler !! It does NOT now--the one in it is a grey one. I THINK my portable 4 tube set DOES have the red tripler..

It is my guess...that bad triplers set most of these sets to their graves....WAY before the tube or any other expensive part died...Triplers were dying in tv's as far back as the late 1970's--from what I read...

The fiber board with the focus control leads me that way. Not
many sets had the red tripler & this may also be after the change over.
Only way to tell is evidence the cap was once there.
The biggest killer was the price of tubes. 6LF6, 6LX6, 20LF6 & 26LX6
all went up over $30 so thing added up fast. Prices of new sets were
falling & had features that were wanted. Also a very hot
economy by the mid 80's had us selling tons of sets more than
ever from 57'-2007.
Triplers peaked in the upright Zeniths, Sylvania E08, & Maggies.
Others went but those I remember most. Got them by the case.

73 Zeno