I have begun work on the Zenith Porthole that I acquired for free off of Craigslist. As found, it was complete, but the cabinet had been stripped of all its finish, and the grill cloth was hacked out and replaced with some modern brown knit fabric.
The crt is a replacement, but it tests strong with a good life test. Digging deeper, I was disappointed to find the audio output transformer open. luckily, I was able to dig in, and solder some new leads to the hair thin windings of the transformer. It looks terrible, but it works perfectly now. Now to begin the recapping.....
04-12-2011, 12:50 AM
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