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Ethical dilemma: Do I scrap an Admiral to fix a Predicta?
I scored what amounts to a $20 Predicta Debutante with an original Philco 17DAP4 CRT that has an open heater.
DSCN2002 by Tom Carlson, on Flickr I have about $25 in an Admiral I have in working order which has a 17DSP4 CRT that I believe would fit the Predicta. This Admiral ain't exactly rare (I've seen at least 2-3 others), or valuable. Do I kill it to get the Predicta to live? I also have a potential source of a good used and or NOS CRTs for it, but odds are it is going to cost me ~$60-200 (need to talk with the seller more) for one. Should I pursue that instead? There also is potion C: pop the admiral CRT in the philco, make the philco work (if it can), then (if successful) get a new jug for the philco and return the admiral CRT to it's original set. What say you?
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Nice Admiral TV! And a nice Philco! In my opinion, I would see first about getting the other CRT that you said was available. If not, and you really want to get that Predicta rolling, I would take the CRT out of the Admiral but don't scrap it. Maybe you can find another CRT for it later on. I always try to not scrap out something that is working, such as your Admiral is. Just my opinion on this. Good luck and nice haul!
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well. Which one do YOU like better? Make that one work.
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I would.
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The 17DSP4 may not be the best chioce.
It has a 11 1/4" neck the original is 10 11/16" You want to look for these 17DAP4, 17DEP4, 17DKP4, 17DRP4, 17DTP4, 17DXP4, 17DZP4. I say leave the Admiral alone. It works the Predicta doesn't. |
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BTW, the pin-out is different on the Philco CRT, vs the Admiral tube. |
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Last edited by andy; 11-18-2021 at 05:42 PM. |
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Gents lets all remember that Toms debbie has a power transformer in it. So the RCA jug with the 8 volt heater is not going to work, a 17 inch jug from a kcs 126 will work with a little rewire, which I have done now with six Philco sets with the 10L43 chassis. All the the best, Tom J from Fla
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