RCA Victor 21-T-8205 issues

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Originally Posted by Zenith26kc20

Usually power supply electrolytics start off waving then as they warm up thermally they work. If the power supply electrolytics are failing after they have been on a while they start to run warm to the touch. Be careful, my RCA CTC-9 almost had it's power transformer burned up by a leaky electrolytic.
I would try subbing a horizontal oscillator tube as heater to cathode leakage can also produce the symptoms you are describing.
What signal sources are you using?

I'm using a kindle fire into a hdmi to av converter that then runs into a rf demodulator. This combination is able to stave off the issue the longest. As for the waves.. imagine a side ways V that goes through and distorts the image. It does not roll. A combination of the tuner fine tuning, contrast control, and a little horizontal lock and can usually bring it back for another hour and then not much seems to help it.