Westinghouse H-104

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Originally Posted by Tubejunke

I have found this to work on very old TV sets too. There is a guy who sells what he calls restored radios on praybay. I think I have a 40s Radiola that came from him and it plays so good and was so clean that I still haven't pulled the chassis to see his work. Point being is that he claims to let a set play for days in his shop and then for a few days more in his living room (or something like that). It made me feel good about the purchase and the Radiola 6 tuber is a real treat to own. Perhaps common, the 40s RCA typical Bakelite table radios are very well built, good performing, but perhaps more utilitarian than our beloved Westinghouse models.

Odds are he recaps them before burn in. It was a somewhat common practice among service techs back in the day as a way to make sure the problem was really gone and give any new ones waiting in the wings a chance to shake out before returning it to the customer. When I recap a TV for someone I like to let it burn in before I give it back to them so that if any 50+ year old resistors, etc are about to bite it I can change them before they become my client's problem.