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Old 10-13-2017, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut View Post
That sounds like an Admiral CRT. Motorola at one point made a deal to buy Admiral CRTs for some Moto sets. The engineers at Moto were all grumbling predictions that we would be eating a lot of warranty costs on those. Don't know what Admiral's problems were (poor evacuation? dirt?) but they were the first to offer extended color CRT warranties with their sets (2 years) and that really wasn't enough.
The Motorola set that had the Admiral CRT was a lower-end model with a inexpensive cabinet. The set itself never needed repair up to the time, the CRT needed replacing. Another problem with that chassis was the video output tube, 6LY8 was overtaxed and needed replacement often. No sub would work well.
Another quirk was replacement of the 6LE8. The replacement had to be a Motorola branded one, either a Japanese or GE sourced one. Using an RCA or other brand, the tint range would be affected.
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