First tv I ever bought.

[Lazyfan]

The vertical tranny is. Broken I guess dry rot. Maybe mice but there is no indication of mice. I may be wrong but I'm thinking it is an old admiral. The writing on the front. The tuner configuration. And by looking at schematics of that era. This is why my vote is admiral.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Lazyfan

The vertical tranny is. Broken I guess dry rot. Maybe mice but there is no indication of mice. I may be wrong but I'm thinking it is an old admiral. The writing on the front. The tuner configuration. And by looking at schematics of that era. This is why my vote is admiral.

I don't remember seeing an Admiral using two chassis for the TV. The pre-1950 models, some had a separate power and audio amp, but the TV chassis was a single unit.
In the early-50's, many smaller manufacturers used a form of design that Admiral and a few others used. I have a Muntz TV chassis that is very similar to an Admiral.

[Kevin Kuehn]

It's a nice looking set. The channel knob and split chassis makes me think Philco, but I've never seen a Philco with that style CRT bezel. There's got to be a tell-tail sign of the manufacture hiding somewhere on it.

[Lazyfan]

I'll try to get better pics. I've seen the same metal grill on admiral

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

It's a nice looking set. The channel knob and split chassis makes me think Philco, but I've never seen a Philco with that style CRT bezel. There's got to be a tell-tail sign of the manufacture hiding somewhere on it.

Way early in the thread, I was thinking that it could be a National, as I had one many years ago. I never did anything with it, as there was no real interest in a set that old. It had a10" CRT and it wasn't worth spending any time or money on this type of set. That was a sign of the times.

[Lazyfan]

I agree national thanks guys. I bought a new horizontal transformer but the primary impedance is off by 1800 ohms less than 10 percent. But the leads won't be long enough. I'm thinking high voltage how would I insulate my splices safely.

[Kevin Kuehn]

The last picture you posted looks like a mouse took a few nibbles from the insulation paper on the vertical output transformer. Unless a winding is open, it could still work fine.

[Lazyfan]

Some of the windings are open

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Lazyfan

The vertical tranny is. Broken I guess dry rot. Maybe mice but there is no indication of mice. I may be wrong but I'm thinking it is an old admiral. The writing on the front. The tuner configuration. And by looking at schematics of that era. This is why my vote is admiral.

Have you checked resistance of the windings of the vertical output transformer (preferably against the schematic)? If you declared it dead solely based on looks you may be surprised... electricity don't much care what the path looks like just that it's conductive.