Should i bother restoring a zenith?

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by kramden66

still no picture of the knob

mike

Sorry Mike, no picture yet. It's not a really big thing and as a matter of fact I took the knob that I have and a piece of scotch brite and it cleaned up rather well. I was surprised frankly! Now the little door that covers the controls is a different story. Mine has a few small dents and dings in it that are not going to come out. I would really like to replace that! Do you think you might have one of those if I could provide a picture?

And to everyone else looking at this thread, I got my "horizontal efficiency" coil in the mail the other day. Nice, solid N.O.S. Thordarson part. I need to get specifics on the setting of the coil which supposedly effects the horizontal output tube's cathode current. In another thread this is being discussed as far as running a remote test point for regular checks on what is supposedly a critical measurement on these early color sets. I recommended putting in a fuse holder to have the circuit protected AND as a breaking point to put an amp meter in series to make the measurement.

We (I) need to get specifics on what current measurement would be acceptable on my Zentih and figure out a good fuse size based on that. I hope to find that there is a more or less general fuse size that would work on most early color sets so that I can relay this information to others, or they will find it in this or the other thread.