Need a 17VBDP22 CRT for a Zenith

[andy]

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[sampson159]

i was in proctorville ohio yesterday.a repairman retired and had things to sale.looked for that tube and he may have it.there were a couple of 17v s but the labels were worn.they are in a barn!you have to walk a rope bridge approx 150 feet to get there.does that tube have a metal mask?if so,he has it.i picked up a 21axp22 that he saved.it checked excellent after we cleaned the pins.if your has the metal masking,let me know and i will retieve it for you next trip.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by sampson159

i was in proctorville ohio yesterday.a repairman retired and had things to sale.looked for that tube and he may have it.there were a couple of 17v s but the labels were worn.they are in a barn!you have to walk a rope bridge approx 150 feet to get there.does that tube have a metal mask?if so,he has it.i picked up a 21axp22 that he saved.it checked excellent after we cleaned the pins.if your has the metal masking,let me know and i will retieve it for you next trip.

That sounds like it could very well be the tube I need. Mine has an inline gun and the neck is smaller than the older delta gun tubes. Anyway, thanks for finding that tube and we'll work everything out once you get the tube. BTW, I don't suppose he'd have an RCA 119834 flyback or a Thordarson FLY312 flyback for an RCA CTC38. I've been trying to find one of those for what seems like forever.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by andy

That's not a bad price. It's about what a CRT should cost, considering what a whole TV costs. When did manufacturers start charging more for a CRT than the whole set is worth?

I've been fooling with TV's since around '90 and new CRT's have always been more expensive than the whole TV. The reason for that is the manufacturers don't want people repairing their sets. The best way around that is to price the parts out of sight or simply make parts unavailable. One of my older TV repair friends told me that the first shop he worked for could buy rebuilt 25 inch CRT's for $35 each. He said they later went up to $50. That was back in the '70's when most customers would pay $200-$250 for a CRT replacement. My, how times have changed!