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Predicta Debutante restoration
I got a pretty good Christmas present this year - a Predicta Debutante in black with original stand
It is in very good cosmetic condition and was a reasonable price - especially for coming from an antique store. Here are some preliminary photos. I have not taken a look in side or tested the CRT yet. Here it is in the shop. Now at home in the garage. I found this sticker on the side. |
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Sweet!
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That's a nice-looking set. I'm looking forward to see the progress!
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Nice find Bob. It's just about in the condition of mine. The stands metal parts have a very thing gold electroplate that comes off easily with any abrasive. It's interesting that yours is a typical brown/black color, yet was apparently a "hotel" model with that sticker and antenna delete. Normally those are ID'd by the cream-colored cabinets.
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Someone must have been a good boy this past year, Sweet gift
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I've got an identical set sans back and stand that came out of the Chicago area as well...one of the hotels must have liked black.
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I decided to throw caution to the wind and try a power up with a Sencore PR57 set to 117 VAC.
Tubes lit up right away. After a short while, I heard the speaker crackle and a raster appeared. The vertical slowly grew a bit. I suspect B+ is low due to leaky power supply caps. Rotating the tuner would cause some video and audio noise, but couldn't tune anything in Once I get a couple projects cleared off the bench, I'll start with replace the power supply components and try another power up. |
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