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Old 03-04-2016, 09:39 PM
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Ge 60's cold 17" BW set in cali...looks NICE..

On ebay...likely am M4 or M5 set. These are a cold chassis set--with a 5U4 rect tube. "U" chassis desigh. I have one like it and another similar. tis one WORKS_-tube looks pretty good !!


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Old 03-04-2016, 10:28 PM
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I've been eyeing that set, I like the looks of it. I'm surprised to hear it's a cold chassis, I wouldn't have expected that.
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Old 03-04-2016, 10:35 PM
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I am 100% SURE it is cold. About 95% sure it uses a 5U4 rect...mounted vertically on the left "wing' of the chassis above the tranny. Mostly consists of 2 PCB's the one on the left has the IF , audio and video..the one in the middle has the deflection ckts. Flyback should be on the right "wing", H-out and damper tubes mounted above it. Probably a 110 degree tube also...
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Old 03-04-2016, 11:14 PM
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Same basic chassis as this 21" version.

Cold chassis, 5U4.

I was eyeing it too but it's a 400 mile drive, one way, that and the lack of space...
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This is the same basic chassis of the set that was blown up on the 'Teevee" episode of the show 'Emergency"..where gage and chet TRY to "fix" the tv...and DESTROY it. I thin it was an M6--but that chassis is a LOT like the M4 or M5
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Old 03-04-2016, 11:38 PM
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I wouldn't mind having that set; but, it would never survive shipping from CA to MS.
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Old 03-05-2016, 08:32 AM
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Isn't it against ebay rules to show a TV set actually working, with an image on the CRT?
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Old 03-05-2016, 09:21 AM
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I've been eyeing that set, I like the looks of it. I'm surprised to hear it's a cold chassis, I wouldn't have expected that.
GE was trying to win over the TV techs, like Zenith did.
The only real problems with those was the caps in the vert sweep, as you can see. That was back when the set was fairly new, now they all need replacing.
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Old 03-05-2016, 09:26 AM
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I wouldn't mind having that set; but, it would never survive shipping from CA to MS.
The shipping would be $55 to $75, for that distance. The brittle knobs wouldn't survive, unless they're removed and packed separately.
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Old 05-17-2016, 03:39 PM
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Here it is. I see a lot of those 'bumblebee' capacitors in there. I'm sure they're all leaky, those are the worst! I'll be recapping it completely before I even fire it up… Here's a chassis pic...
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Good luck! Those PC boards are even harder to get out than Predictas
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Old 05-17-2016, 10:49 PM
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I haven't tried to get at them yet (been working on something else tonight) but at least these boards appear to screw on and not use those solder-on tabs to hold them down like the Philcos have.
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There were holes under the chassis to access the bottom of the board, so I managed to get away without having to remove it. It's basically working now, but still has some minor issues. It has an iffy IF tube socket. I'm hoping just cleaning it will fix it. The shaft of the tuner knob and contrast knobs are a bit broken. I need to take the CRT out and clean the front of it.
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Looks good so far.
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Old 05-26-2016, 09:01 AM
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These were the good GE's. Ran quite nice & stood up well.
Still a pain to work on though. After this GE made crap sets til
the solid states came out. Dont forget to collect all
the colors !!

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