Preidcta Holiday CRT testing

[madlabs]

Oops, I see I somehow called you Mike, Tom. My apologies.

And duh, I wasn't thinking of the way the PCB is mounted. So yeah, gonna hafta do them all at once.

What is your take on the couplates?

Jonathan

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by madlabs

Oops, I see I somehow called you Mike, Tom. My apologies.

And duh, I wasn't thinking of the way the PCB is mounted. So yeah, gonna hafta do them all at once.

What is your take on the couplates?

Jonathan

I've personally never worked on a predicta (I'll explain later), but have worked on a few other period sets that use that style of couplate. Personally it depends on how much I'll use the set and how much money and effort are involved...I'll often just see if the couplates are good (have not had a dud yet), and leave them be if they work. If I was restoring a set for a client I'd probably change them just to lower chance of a call back. I probably would not be as phased about board removal on a predicta as some other restorers (who harp on it), but if it somehow really became a pain I'd just change the couplates to save me a headache.

The CRT ID is usually on a paper tag on the bell of the tube, but sometimes if the tube has a bakelite base the number will be there too.

I don't own a predicta because I feel they are the '57 chevy of vintage TVs....A common average performing set that people buy up and pay stupid money for despite the engineering, etc. being nothing special...Yeah they look cool, but there's a lot of other sets of the day that are cooler, rarer, and don't have a crowd of fanatics driving the cost of one skywards. If I find a cheap one (I do have a lead) or the Penthouse model (which is cool, especially the engineering, and rare enough to interest me) once I have cash, then I'll own one.