Hey guys,
Wandered across your forum and had to laugh: My pop's use to own a TV repair shop so your postings brought back many a memory. I cut my teeth on the old Zeniths, (along with RCA's, GE's, Magnavox's, etc, etc), that you guys think so fondly of now. Loved the Chromacolor (with the tube horz. output section) and ESPECIALLY love the Chromacolor II's. Never did like the System 3's but that is my opin.
Of course this teeth cutting experience was back in the mid-80's while going to electronic school and when it was cheaper to fix than replace. I remember replacing MANY an horizontal driver transformer (along with the associated resistor and capacitor), as well as replacing the fuse that was in series with the pix tube filiment and the occasional trippler. The 4 lead cap problem was pretty much resolved by my tenure- thank god!

Anyway, I'm just thowing this out there as you folks may know others that need them but if any of you TV guys need receiving tube or two for your TV let me know as I've a sizable stash of them. Everything from the ever popular (and always bad) 6GH8A (got a couple) to several 1V2's and lots of others including the RCA oddball 5 volt jobs (5GH8A, etc). All NOS. GE, RCA,ZENITH,PHILCO,etc, etc. Will check before shipping. Sorry, no All American 5 radio tubes- they are all mine and I won't share. :p:

Welcome Aboard!

I am a big fan of the chromacolor first and second generation sets, not to mention tube tvs in general. Always great to have someone who appreciates this stuff instead of those who worship the BPC (Black plastic Crap)

You can see some screen grabs of the chromacolor II I repaired awhile backHere. (http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51645)

You're gonna like it here...

Yeah. It's funny to see some of those old sets and hear about the problems you folks are having with them. Like I said they bring back the memories. Every now and again my father and I swap stories about customers we had. Someone on this site posted about a "curved" chroma II, which I remember one customer had. Also recall a 13" Zenith that was covered in denim as well as a 23" Chroma 1 that had a chrome metal cabinet. We still call that one "chrome dome". Only saw 2 of them over the years. Good laughs, good memories. Then again that is why I'm into the old All American 5 tube radios: They have a cool smell, a nice warm glow and bring back good memories. Then again it was nice when working on them as you don't have to worry about blowing out an entire circuit if you slip with a probe!!