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I found a GE Porta Color!
I found it at a local estate sale yesterday, and it's a non-smoker set. Model WAHE5223RW Chassis 10HE. I have been wanting a tube set ever since my RCA CTC 53 got tossed years ago. I don't have a lot of room, and thought a Porta Color would be a good choice. Never thought I'd stumble onto one so quickly, and so close to home! This is the first Porta Color I've owned, so what are some things to be on the lookout for with these sets? Does anyone have a schematic for the 10HE? It works pretty well as found, but did turn down the screen controls, and contrast. Someone had them nearly all the way up for some reason. I figured that was just driving the crt too hard, and have them about a 1/2 turn up or so from minimum, still have plenty of brightness, backed off the contrast 1/4 turn from max, and it still looks decent. It does have a color problem as seen in picture 2. The redder part of the screen slowly scrolls from bottom to top then the blue section appears at the bottom followed by the red section again. I can clear it by turning down the color to minimum, then maxing it out, and back to normal range. About a minute or two later it begins the color scroll again. It quits doing it after around 15-20 minutes of operation, and plays flawlessly. Very happy with it though! I've been watching it the past two evenings, and heard two snaps yesterday, but none at all today.
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