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Old 12-31-2013, 11:22 PM
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Couple new sets

Went to Goodwill this weekend and found these two TV sets. They were only $1.00 each. Both work.

This first one is a Sony from 1985.



This one is a G.E. from 1984.
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Old 01-01-2014, 07:37 AM
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I want to see a good pic of that dryer! Lady Kenmore?
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Old 01-01-2014, 07:48 AM
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Cool haul!
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Old 01-01-2014, 09:17 AM
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The G.E. is sitting on a 1958 Frigidaire Dryer. Here is a pic of the Frigidaire next to my 1957 Lady Kenmore Dryer.


Here is also an early 50's Frigidaire set.


And then my 1963 Lady Kenmore set, that is used regularly.
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Old 01-01-2014, 10:43 AM
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I want to see a good pic of that dryer! Lady Kenmore?
For some reason, that struck me as funny, being able to identify a 56 year old dryer like that.
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Old 01-01-2014, 10:54 AM
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I have a Sony, where the styling is the same, but it was built for foreign use.
On the control cover it states: Autovolt System, Trinitron KV-1473RWP. No U/L or CSA listing and originally equipped with a Euro-plug and adaptor. The ratings are 100-240 volts, 50-60 htz. The strange thing is that it's not multi-system, just NTSC.
It must be made for South America or Latin America, plus the instructions are in Spanish.
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Old 01-01-2014, 11:46 AM
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For some reason, that struck me as funny, being able to identify a 56 year old dryer like that.
Well in all honesty, the dryer he called a Lady Kenmore was in reality a 1958 Frigidaire.
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:26 PM
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Those Sony's are good TV's and the ones I've had like it had A/V inputs on the back. The GE looks like a "PC" chassis TV and if it is, about the only things you'll have to worry about is a 100uf cap in the vertical circuit and a 100uf cap in the horizontal circuit (both very common failures on that set). The vertical cap was underrated at 50V or 63V. I always replaced it with a 100V 105degree cap and never had a problem. If the 100V cap in the horizontal circuit opens, it can take out the horizontal centering pot and the HOT. In some cases, I've replaced the pot with two 250 ohm, 5 watt resistors. In other cases, the pot shorts to the housing and it will still work if you lift it from the heatsink that it's mounted to. There is another cap close to the vertical yoke plug that will sometimes fail; but, I can't remember the value. Also, the HV electrolytic cap that's in the B+ line to the video output stage will fail and cause a streaky picture that's shaded on one side of the screen. I've seen a few where the flyback would fail in a way that would require the focus control to be turned to it's extreme rotation and then the picture still would not be as sharp as it should be.

Back in '97, I bought 20 knob-tuned PC-chassis GE's from a motel that was upgrading their TV's for $5/each. I fixed 19 of them and sold them from anywhere between $40 (the ones with weaker CRT's) and $75 (the better performing ones)/each. I really miss those days.
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:45 PM
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I like that GE set. The cabinet design reminds me of my 1982 RCA ColorTrak; just a coincidence perhaps as that was before the GE takeover?
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I like that GE set. The cabinet design reminds me of my 1982 RCA ColorTrak; just a coincidence perhaps as that was before the GE takeover?
The label on the back of my Porta-colors states that the cabinet is the ultimate of sculptured beauty.
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Well in all honesty, the dryer he called a Lady Kenmore was in reality a 1958 Frigidaire.
One of these days I'll have a pink washer and dryer......I keep looking.
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Old 01-01-2014, 02:16 PM
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One of these days I'll have a pink washer and dryer......I keep looking.
In 1961, my parents bought a Lady Kenmore wringer washer. My mother tried an automatic washer and didn't like it. She said they used too much water and soap and took too long for all the cycles.
The only one they had in stock, was a pink machine and she needed it right away. She claimed it cost as much as an automatic.
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Old 01-01-2014, 02:47 PM
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My next door neighbor has a '59 Maytag dryer.
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sony s of that vintage were extremely good.the ge is a fairly good set too.vertical caps went south alot but other than that,pretty good.nice crts in those.great score
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