TV repair question

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Originally Posted by Olorin67

For the cord to get real hot you'd have to have a real bad short somewhere. If the wrong tubes were in some sockets you could have had a short to ground, that could do it. If this set has a power transformer you will want to make sure that's not burned out before investing too much time fixing the set.

The 5U4 doesn't look too healthy.
Remove the 5U4 and just plug in the chassis. If it still draws excessive current, the transformer is history. The primary could've been damaged by lightning. There was a lot of those sets around, but most technicians didn't hang on to them. The yoke is RCA made and the cover is special to them, so you have to locate an RCA yoke.