Pair of CT-100's and a pair of Moto 21CT2's for sale

[Sandy G]

There are 2 or 3 here in Tennessee. Unfortunately, none are mine.

[miniman82]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

Ah, political intrigue: Wisconson vs. Michigan vs. Indiana

Remember, the guy who counts the votes determines the winner.

Pete
Editor -- CT-100 Living List ;-)

So am I in or what? WI and proto tube FTW!

[jeyurkon]

Here are some photos Steve McVoy took after transporting it to the ETF.

I've shown the worst side of the cabinet. The other sides look better.

The chassis looks pretty nice.

I'll need to start a thread eventually.

John

[jr_tech]

Very Nice!

Congratulations on joining the CT-100 club!

jr

[ohohyodafarted]

Ok so lets see,

Bob G has 2, There is a fellow in the Madison area that got one out of Minnesota a number of years back, Steve Kissinger has one in West Bend, and I am going to count Steves California CT100 as a Wisconsin set because Steve is a Wisconsin native. And then there is Nick's ct100 who is also a displaced Wisconsin native who is forced to live accross the state line in Illinois, but we won't hold that against Nick because he is patriotic American serving his country in the US Navy

I make that 6 for Wisconsin Plus Nick's one and only prototype tri-color crt.

[Sandy G]

Uhh, VERY Stoopit Question: WHY did they "Wash" the inside of the cabinet black ?

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Uhh, VERY Stoopit Question: WHY did they "Wash" the inside of the cabinet black ?

Well, uh, er, I dunno! You have hit on something I always took as normal, like living next to the tracks and never hearing the trains. I wonder if there is a good answer.

Edit: like maybe black is the cheapest stuff they could find to treat the wood against moisture or something?

[Steve K]

I am going to count Steves California CT100 as a Wisconsin set because Steve is a Wisconsin native.

Hey Bob:

That's how I had it figured. We can't let Michigan win! If Pete doesn't see it this way I guess I will have to ship my California set back home!

Steve

[old_tv_nut]

If it's getting too crowded in Wisconsin, I'm willing to take one

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by miniman82

So am I in or what? WI and proto tube FTW!

You could always store that CT-100 with me for awhile......That would help shore up the Wi count better (Folks from Ill. are coming here and getting hotel rooms to vote in our elections (!WTF!) anyway so why not), and I wouldn't badger ya to take it back too soon.

Sandy G Uhh, VERY Stoopit Question: WHY did they "Wash" the inside of the cabinet black ?

Black objects absorb and radiate heat better than reflective ones (whoda thunk college physics would come in handy for an EE? ), so it was probably to help transmit more heat out of the cabinet through thermal radiation (no not the kind of radiation that makes ya glow in the dark ).

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by miniman82

So am I in or what? WI and proto tube FTW!

Ok, I concede WI over MI in the Merrill bowl!

But, I'm still preaching that RCA introduced the first mass-produced NTSC color television set.

Not Westinghouse.

Not Admiral. , which according to newspaper clips we've all seen, was on the market even before the Westy...

Pete
Proud supoporter of CT-100's the world over!

[jeyurkon]

Looking at Phil's photos you can see that they also included the vent holes at the top of the cabinet when they washed it black.

The CT-100 doesn't have the brightest screen in the world. It would likely be watched in a dim room. The metal back has a high optical transparency, better than 50%.

It has a gazillion tubes in it.

I think they painted all these surfaces black to reduce the amount of light that would shine on the wall behind the set from all the tube filaments.

I don't think they would have carefully included the top vent grooves/holes for any other reason.

Painting the interior black would make sense for heat reasons if it were a metal cabinet, but wood is a pretty good insulator. So the heat would have to be reflected out the back, in addition to convection cooling. A low emissivity surface would work just as well as a high one at reflecting the heat out the back so I don't think it was painted black for heat dissipation.

Actually I mean that a low emissivity surface would reflect the heat out and a high emissivity surface would re-emit it out.

John

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Uhh, VERY Stoopit Question: WHY did they "Wash" the inside of the cabinet black ?

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

I think they painted all these surfaces black to reduce the amount of light that would shine on the wall behind the set from all the tube filaments.

I don't think they would have carefully included the top vent grooves/holes for any other reason.

John

In support of your theory John, the Merrill cabinet was not painted black below the chassis in the speaker chamber.

Pete
Proud supoporter of CT-100's the world over!

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

The CT-100 doesn't have the brightest screen in the world. It would likely be watched in a dim room. The metal back has a high optical transparency, better than 50%.

It has a gazillion tubes in it.

I just realized, a CT-100 basically has a "TV lamp" built in!