Admiral 26X56 restoration

[Tom9589]

If that "extra" cap which you removed was connected between the damper plate and cathode, it was definitely used to increase width. They used to sell a device which was sandwiched between the damper tube and its socket. It had a small cap which connected between the plate and cathode of the damper. It worked well for a customer who had limited funds to pay for TV repair.

[Jeffhs]

Quote from bandersen's post: "Ugh. Found a 14 A fuse in the 0.25A holder"


Who on earth would install a 14 amp fuse to replace a 0.25-amp one? Needless to say, this is a disaster just waiting to happen.

[Kevin Kuehn]

I'm sure you took the focus magnet off when you installed the test CRT.

[bandersen]

I did indeed This set uses a tapped focus coil. A wirewound pot is shunted between the tap and one leg.

That brings up another issue. The focus control is only responsive for about 25% of it's travel. I suspect there is a break inside. I'll pop it open and attempt a repair. If I can't, I might have a spare from a scrapped Admiral chassis.

The tricky part is remembering where my box of salvaged controls is I need to get serious about sorting and organizing since I moved almost a year ago!

[robert1]

Originally Posted by bandersen

The tricky part is remembering where my box of salvaged controls is I need to get serious about sorting and organizing since I moved almost a year ago!

I wish you good luck on finding them soon, I'm still waiting for you to find me a width control for my 20A1 chassis :-).