RCA 21" triage CTC20 CTC16x CTC12

[DavGoodlin]

I have three complete RCA "new vista" 21" color TVs, none work and all three had bad CRTs when I got them. I need to get ONE of these working so I can enjoy some classic cartoons and movies for the holidays.

After that Zenith 21" went to a new home, the living room is empty and
I miss clearing RCA's multiple hurdles, which are a given! So, which will it be?

The latest arrival is a plain walnut-screw legs CTC 20C from upstate NY. So far it has a gassed CRT (Sylvania re-gunned) and flyback that won't ring test but looks clean, along with several fried resistors and frozen power switch/volume control. Pretty hopeless, or is it?

Almost a year ago, I ventured 2 hours south to Delaware for a beautiful Danish walnut Karlstat GG721W using a CTC16XL chassis. The Colorama CRT label gave false hope - the green gun had no emission because its heater element was GONE. However it had a replacement fly. I cant wait to put this chassis on the jig to see what other gremlins exist. This may be the "easy" one.

Long ago, a locally-placed CL ad for a free tv was pointed out to me by Kamakiri himself. I arrived to find a complete Lynnhaven CTC12 213G612MU in Mahogany with a Colorama CRT replaced 1967 but a typically skanky flyback. The CRT has a H-K short in blue gun - just needed the isolation trans inserted and now its my jig tube. Thanks to another Tim at VK, I have an NOS FLY 273. The other work needed is typical of RCA's 4-board flat chassis, but likely more than wrong with it than the 16x.