Antique 1940-50's Zenith Transistor TV-Rare
 

Wow! it uses those new fangled transistor bulbs :rolleyes:

It looks similar to a 1956 Y2256E or Y2672E. Maybe someone can save this set from a cruel fate ?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/atq/2141771516.html
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I mind is a terrible thing.

I hope someone here can save it.

transistor bulbs :lmao:

Does it use an 1N34 for the video detector? But that's still not a transistor bulb... :D

No wonder this set doesn't work,it's full of light bulbs!

(cue the Three Stooges music)

"A mind is a terrible thing."

DaveWM- I've made that statement for years- never heard anyone else but it fits many situations. We had one customer at the shop I worked for years ago who even after several attempts at an explanation could not understand why his TV gave off heat….This particular customer's TV had what he referred to as a "pitcherbub". Wonder if he writes CL descriptions?

Nya, nya, nya nya, nya na nya nya. Nya na nya nya. Nya na nya nya.
Ni nya, ni nya, na, nya, nya, nya, nya nya.
Ni, na na na na na na na na na......
Bill Cahill

HA! I spotted that yesterday and almost fell off my chair laughing! "Transistor bulbs" Now I've heard 'em all. :screwy:

"I'm so stupid, I'm Oh-So Stupid, Tra-Lah, La-La-La-La-Lah..."

If you plant those transistor bulbs, do you get transistor flowers??

No, but, if you plant them, and, water your ground to soggy, it will become "Solid state". Ha!!!! :banana::D:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Germaniums. :D

-Jim

You can chalk up the Transistor bulbs to a lack of understanding, but what's the excuse for encouraging wholesale mutilation? They excitedly say the TV works, right after suggesting you should turn it into a fish tank. Right, gut the working vintage TV so you can make a tacky aquarium.

Usually, when they say an antique "works" that means that a pilot light lights up. Or some other condition where about 1% of the original functionality still functions, and 99% doesn't. :thumbsdn:

lol!