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That may be your experience but not everyone's. I have a CTC 9 that was ran from 1959 through the mid 90's with all its original parts(excluding CRT's and some tubes), even the original fly. I have not found one replacement cap or resistor in that set and I looked thoroughly.(I still use the set) Sure some RCA's can be more problematic than others(and so can Zeniths). I have a friend that watches his RCA's daily and NO issues so far. He had more issues with his 2 Zenith roundies
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For me, it's a conundrum because in this house, if I have no intentions of making it work or it's too far gone to be fixed in some manner, I don't want to own it. I have a total of 21 vintage sets, of which 11 are fully operational and 3 just need some more TLC. Eventually, they'll all work, I figure I can knock off 4 or as much as 6 this winter if I get ambitious enough.
The CTC-25 stares at me quietly from my desk, not knowing its fate. It's made it this long, and I hate to see it go down without a fight. I tend to personify the damn thing and the scene comes to mind where Linus said "it's really not such a bad little tree, Charlie Brown.....all it needs is a little love" I think that is the right dynamic for the road to a lot of headaches, but I'm prolly gonna take it anyway
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Back in the seventies I fixed a nice looking CTC-25 for resale to a cousin and that set lasted another 10+ years. Serviced quite a few and they can look pretty good. Don't give up!
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the CTC-9 is supposed to be a good chassis
You're right, Staton, the CTC-9 is supposed to be a good chassis. I could of snagged one a long time ago, cost to ship was ridiculous. I guess by then RCA had most of the reliability problems worked out from earlier models.
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Most reliable color set I've got is a 1967 Airline(bottom left).
That set was on the second floor living room of a mom and pop podetrist's(misspelled) office/home. It was used regularly for years, and it actually still worked fine there when I bought it. It is a Muntz made RCA clone. Several tubes are replacements but it otherwise looks like nothing was replaced. I've been running it occasionally as found only with some adjustments since then...Though I really need to fix or replace the bad vertical centering control so I can get good purity and vertical geometry without the bottom 1-4" of the screen not being scanned. The 1965 Philco next to it would be runner up. It only needed the internal horiz. osc. adjustment tweaked....Though I did replace some caps to improve it and make it safer. It does have more factory original tubes IIRC though...
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I've about had it with my CTC-36.
I've watched it for about 20 hours total. In that 20 hours, I've replaced about 15 tubes (went through multiple 5GH8s), blew a 1 kV ceramic cap, replaced the picture tube, and now that I've just installed 7 fresh tubes after getting a really dark raster, I have no raster and a buzz in the audio with no static. I bet at least 2 of those 20 hours were trying to get some decent convergence on the #$%&@. If there is anyone that can give me a reason NOT to send this set to the e-recycling station after being picked clean, speak now or forever hold your peace.....
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My RCA "Hathaway" CTC-10C console has moved with me since 1976 from NC, to TN, then to GA, before coming back to NC where I am now. Other than an unneeded CRT replacement in 1983, (couldn't turn down a free brand new CRT) the back has not been off the set but once, and that was for a dirty focus rectifier tube socket.
It's only had one of the big filters replaced in all these years, and the two neon lamps under the chassis. Is this reliable enough?
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Ignore me. I'm a ham-fisted retard that had two tubes in the wrong sockets. What a third grade mistake.....I'm pretty pissed at myself
Set's working again
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Were those tubes in the wrong sockets for all of those 20 hours?
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Less than a minute. Now I have to play with the convergence and purity once again. It was screwed up before the last round of tube replacement.
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I was never thrilled with the picture on those things. Those low voltage focus CRT's never seem to be that clear, when they age a bit. Other forum members recommended hitting the CRT, with a rejuvenator, set on low. I have a CTC51 and a CTC53, same thing. Picture's clear enough, but not the way I like them. They're OK to have in a collection, I guess. |
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I've got a CTC-53 with a great picture....convergence is about perfect too. This 36 has been nothing but trouble, but I like it
Had to cut my losses and dump the CTC-25 though. Lots of color issues, rusted chassis frame, cataracted picture tube, brittle PC board. But it still made a picture, albeit a purple green and white one.....
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