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[Boobtubeman]

Anyone have a scan of the schematic??

Better yet...... How does this sucker come apart?? Cant see chassis bolts.....

SR

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Rcr1961

I have the same set but with a wooden cabinet, has ts326 chassis, works great and it is my daily watcher. I would prefer a bakelite cabinet so, if you ever decide to dump your set, I would be interested in buying the cabinet.
You should consider restoring it, the chassis is easy to work on, probably one of the quickest tv restores I've done !.

Bob

The one that I sold for $300 was the Bakelite version as we discussed further in the thread was seen on the science fiction series. The one that I have left, like yours, is a wooden cabinet. I probably should get the old thing out and going as they must have been some really well engineered sets. Having the two and having both of them play off the bat was pretty impressive to me. I remember a REALLY crisp and clear picture on both sets and the weak link seems to be the sync section as either set could get a little jittery and require adjustment.

The wooden cabinet version that I still have was a little worse for wear than the other and it played for a few hours and the video went out. I remember a rather large carbon resistor that was boiling literally; yes it was so hot that there were bubbles coming out along the sides, so at the time being busy with the two of them, that one got put to the side and remains there. This has been 7 or 8 years ago and I remember being frustrated because that resistor was right near a mult-section electrolytic cap and it seemed like a sure fire thing that one of those would be bad, but I never found an odd reading using my analog ohm meter which used to be the general way of checking a larger value electrolytic. I was probably just wrong in my assumption and had no schematic. It was probably a wax/paper cap the whole time. Either way, it will probably be an easy fix if and when I decide to dig it out.

Someone has already done the germanium diode conversion (probably years ago being germanium), so I don't have to worry about that. I seem to remember about 3 really nasty looking power resistors that had degraded and chunks were falling off of them. I think they are just wire wound resistors with some kind of stucco type of junk on them. Probably among the nastiest looking electronic parts I have ever seen with their leads turning green and corroding. Anyway, they should probably go. And finally one of the two sets had yoke cover rot. I hope it was the one I got rid of, but I doubt it as it was in pristine condition.

Gosh, all this talk is making me want to dig the old thing out for a quick fix so the loving woman of the house can't talk about all the TVs that don't work. Heck, if they did she wouldn't watch them. It's sad to say, but true that she probably couldn't figure out HOW to use an old set. She's no 20-30 something that doesn't remember turret tuners, but she wouldn't know what to do if a set needed a horizontal or vertical hold adjustment. Hey, I wonder if that's why they ended up taking them off of TVs before they all went flat!?!?!? Too many people making warranty claims that sets were broken, so the designed a better circuit......

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Boobtubeman

Anyone have a scan of the schematic??

Better yet...... How does this sucker come apart?? Cant see chassis bolts.....

SR

They might be part of the rubber feet. G*d, it's been a long time, since I worked on one!