1949 RCA Victor Black and White TV Model 9-T-240

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1949 RCA Victor Black and White TV Model 9-T-240

I just got this tv yesterday. Picked up for free from an indie filmmaker. Ironically this person got it for free a few years back from the family of the original owners. TV obviously does not work currently as you might guess, the guy I got it from for some reason thought it was a good idea to just plug it in and try turning it on....luckily nothing happened as it failed open somewhere ages ago. Quite possible this tv was last used before the moon landing even happened.

TV has never been recapped and honestly I see no evidence yet of ANY work ever being done on it. The tv is super dusty. I was a bit worried when I found out that some really old tv's have asbestos in them for insulation, which is obviously not good to breathe in. Luckily I see no evidence of any asbestos in this tv from what I have inspected so far but will proceed with caution.

Obviously going to recap all the electrolytics, paper, wax paper caps ect. And check the tubes, clean the dust out ect.

I checked the CRT first and it has no shorts according to the CRT tester. Emissions are not good but not bad, just weak. A bit surprising for a tv this old. CRT filament lights up which is good. I am noticing a blue glue a bit further ahead of the filament glowing, not sure if this is some short that the crt tester is not detecting? Anywho I am not going to bother further with the CRT or think about it until I get everything else restored on it.

I am still busy working on my other projects so this TV will have to wait its turn in line like the others. No cataracts which is nice, since there is no safety glass but instead a weird window cover that is attached to the flakey scratched up wood cabinet. No UHF tuner probably because UHF was not a thing back in 1949 yet on any meaningful adoption level. UHF tuners not even mandated until the mid 60s anyways.

24 tubes and boy is this thing heavy relative to the crt size. For a B and W set this thing is totally tubular.

Uploaded a few hastily taken photos of it, was busy last night but just wanted to get an idea of what I am getting into eventually.

https://imgur.com/a/MtRmPpv