Charlie
01-19-2005, 08:22 PM
Here's another roundie I hauled from the old shop. Truetone model 2DC1667E... in Sams 998-2. Looks like this one was also one of the last roundies... the Sams is from 1968. I've also found a couple of date codes inside that appear to be from '68.
The cabinet is the fake wood stuff, however, it's in fairly good condition. This set had a piece of cardboard on top of it with a 25" Silvertone parked on top.
The chassis is a CTC15 clone that looks like it should clean up pretty good. Most of the tubes have been replaced... i think I saw maybe 5 Truetone tubes in it. It appears this set has the "instant on" feature. I noticed there is a switch on the back of the chassis near the service switch that says "vacation". I'm just guessing... it probably turns off the instant on feature. The flyback in this set has been changed. It has a really nice, clean, heavy duty looking flyback that must have been changed. No way in hell that the original could look that good!
The 21FJP22 is a Sylvania dated 1978. Has the green halo affect on the front. On the tester, it reads on the border line between bad/good. Probably due to all those years of having the "instant on" feature in use. I think it reads good enough that i can put a brightener on it to help out.
Other than a weak CRT, I can't see any other apparent failures. I will guess that the toob being weak is what retired it... not to mention it was probably quite old. The set was at least 10 years old when the new toob was put in. My guess is that this set was retired during the 80's.
I might try bringing it up slow tonight to see if anything happens. I'll post it if I find something.
The cabinet is the fake wood stuff, however, it's in fairly good condition. This set had a piece of cardboard on top of it with a 25" Silvertone parked on top.
The chassis is a CTC15 clone that looks like it should clean up pretty good. Most of the tubes have been replaced... i think I saw maybe 5 Truetone tubes in it. It appears this set has the "instant on" feature. I noticed there is a switch on the back of the chassis near the service switch that says "vacation". I'm just guessing... it probably turns off the instant on feature. The flyback in this set has been changed. It has a really nice, clean, heavy duty looking flyback that must have been changed. No way in hell that the original could look that good!
The 21FJP22 is a Sylvania dated 1978. Has the green halo affect on the front. On the tester, it reads on the border line between bad/good. Probably due to all those years of having the "instant on" feature in use. I think it reads good enough that i can put a brightener on it to help out.
Other than a weak CRT, I can't see any other apparent failures. I will guess that the toob being weak is what retired it... not to mention it was probably quite old. The set was at least 10 years old when the new toob was put in. My guess is that this set was retired during the 80's.
I might try bringing it up slow tonight to see if anything happens. I'll post it if I find something.