philco 21" console to fix or not

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Don Lindsly

Few Philco TVs had chassis-mounted CRTs for good reason. There was far less factory and service breakage and lighter to handle. The 1956 TV 440/444 had chassis mounted CRTs and were a nuisance to handle. After that, only portables came that way.

Most shops had test set ups so firing up a chassis in the shop was no problem and took up much less room.

Yes, a bad video detector can cause a raster with no sound, no picture. A simple ohm meter check will confirm a suspect.

Don

I really don't remember a Philco, that the CRT, wasn't cabinet mounted. I just used to pull the yoke and use my test CRT.
The model in question, was the first to use the one piece chassis and full power transformer and 5U4.
Never was a big fan of the split chassis jobs, even though, I have one in my collection.