Philco Town and Country restoration

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by ctc17

You can measure the capacitance with an eye type cap tester. There should be a spec for that crt.

I don't think it would be all that critical would it?

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I don't think it would be all that critical would it?

It doesn't seem so since the datasheet says 850-1400pF. I'm measuring around 900pF with my vintage Solar CB-1-60 cap tester.

I would think it's also possible to stick a 1000pF HV cap on the flyback to filter the HV and not use the coating at all.

[ctc17]

well the dag + glass = filter capacitor. IIRC the small crts are something like 800-1200pf, its enough to smooth out the hv.

[bandersen]

I sprayed a little more slip plate in the corners and got it up to 1,000pF.
Then I did some final tweaking and put the set back together.



I sprayed some semi-gloss black on the metal portion of the cabinet and silver paint on the trim. I'd still love to find a better cabinet someday but at least it's somewhat presentable now.

[holmesuser01]

First, I see the resolution of the video. Yes!

This little set has probably never seen such a clean signal... Are you going thru the tuner?

[Boobtubeman]

Holy smokes thats Sweeeeeeeeet!!! Exelently done!!!

[bandersen]

Thanks!

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

First, I see the resolution of the video. Yes!

This little set has probably never seen such a clean signal... Are you going thru the tuner?

Sure. I'm using an over the air ATSC to NTSC converter box. The RF output on channel 3 is going through a 75-300 balun into the antenna terminals on the back of the set.

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Thanks!



Sure. I'm using an over the air ATSC to NTSC converter box. The RF output on channel 3 is going through a 75-300 balun into the antenna terminals on the back of the set.

Sho' looks purdy.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Loving the way this set has come back to life. Excellent work, as usual.

So what is the test pattern showing the video response at?

[bandersen]

I think around 3.5 MHZ. I'd have to dig out the Sencore VA62 manual to know for sure. Also, I haven't done an alignment on this set yet.

[snelson903]

that's a nice sharp picture ,good work .

[Eric H]

Looks great!

[zenithfan1]

WOW! That thing really came back to life! It looks a lot better all cleaned up. I hope you can find a bezel for it. That picture looks perfect!

[Phil Nelson]

Boy, great picture on that one.

Phil Nelson

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

WOW! That thing really came back to life! It looks a lot better all cleaned up. I hope you can find a bezel for it. That picture looks perfect!

Thanks. I'll wait a while and if a bezel doesn't turn up I'll break out some Bondo and try to repair this one.