GE 810 Restoration

[Crist Rigott]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Hey, tidy work as usual. By coincidence, I recently finished a GE 810 of my own.

What Riders doc are you referencing? The Riders manual that I have seen uses page numbers like 2-20, 2-21, etc.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
https://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Phil,
C3-2 is the Change section of Riders Volume 3 page 2 of the change section.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Crist Rigott

C3-2 is the Change section of Riders Volume 3 page 2 of the change section.

Ah, now I see:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/changes_rider_3.pdf

Re my 810, the restoration is done, but the article is still a-brewin' . I should be able to finish it soon, though (I swear that is not a lie, totally not a lie . . . ).

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
https://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Ah, now I see:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/changes_rider_3.pdf

Re my 810, the restoration is done, but the article is still a-brewin' . I should be able to finish it soon, though (I swear that is not a lie, totally not a lie . . . ).

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
https://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Quality takes time ... And good things are worth the wait.

[Crist Rigott]

Well talk about bad luck! I was aligning the audio and had just finished up the last tweak when I lost the picture! After a few moments, the L2 filter choke started to sizzle and spit out wax. At the same time the 5U4G was pinballing! I quickly shut it down and the choke continued to sizzle for a few seconds.

I remembered reading when Phil restored his 810 he had an almost identical situation. His yoke windings has shorted together. So I checked mine. Same thing.

Looks like I'm in the market for a yoke. I have a junker 806 I'll see if the yoke is the same. EDIT: NOPE THE 806 IS NOT THE SAME.

Below is a link to Phil's experience.

https://antiqueradios.com/forums/vie...31967#p2931967

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Crist Rigott

the L2 filter choke started to sizzle and spit out wax. . . I remembered reading when Phil restored his 810 he had an almost identical situation. His yoke windings has shorted together. So I checked mine. Same thing.

Yes, the burned-up filter choke and the shorted yoke -- fond memories! I was lucky enough to find replacement parts on eBay.

I also had to replace a cheap socket that failed by arcing between the pins. My 810 works well now, but I can't say I was very impressed with the overall build quality.

It's great that you were able to repair your yoke. It may outlast any of the originals out there.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
https://antiqueradio.org/index.html