Chromacolor II

[Jon A.]

Well now, it's about time that one of us who rarely finds what he wants got a break!

Originally Posted by zeno

All Zenith color solid state sets used a tripler. Early SS colors from RCA, Sony, Motorola & others used a tube rectifier.

My Bradford/GE 19QB set uses a stick rectifier. It's odd-looking setup, first of its kind I've seen.

[zenith2134]

Oddly enough, I sent a photo of this to my aunt and she said that my grandparents, who only bought Zenith, had this set new and that it started smoking one night so my grandfather put it at the curb! I asked how she knew it was the same one. Her boyfriend at the time put it in his car, had it repaired, and used it daily when he moved down to Florida. Interesting

[zenith2134]

I never got the whole story on the EFL gun CRT. Did it have more cathode material, or is this the one with the additional focus lense? The sets I have with that designation on their CRT are capable of *blinding* brightness levels

[zeno]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

I never got the whole story on the EFL gun CRT. Did it have more cathode material, or is this the one with the additional focus lense? The sets I have with that designation on their CRT are capable of *blinding* brightness levels

From what I remember. 3 focus grids one adjustable, in line & 100 or 110
angle. came out in H line on some 17 & 19" then on some 25" in J-line.
Minor chassis changes from CC2 were separate V outputs, 9-89 board
replaced with a CRT board. Almost the same as the 13". Also some minor
HV changes.
The other jug they came out with was the FTM
https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.co...een-crt-386450
This is the perfectly flat tube everyone used at the end of CRT's. I had
a mid 80's Zenith monitor with it & the pix was spectacular. For years it
was only in highest end monitors & military apps. A 14" TV with it
would have sold for $800 to break even !

73 Zeno
LFOD !