'74 19" RCA CTC63 XL-color

[bgadow]

I have a stack of -53's, most of them came from JCFitz...and I have one very clean one that has, yep, vertical problems. No matter what I do, it needs constant touch-up. Must be one more cap (or resistor?) that I have overlooked. I don't think I've ever seen one of these 19v sets in person-a real easy one to mistake for solid state.

A reminder, I have a lot of NOS RCA small parts from the 70s. If anyone finds they need a coil, transistor, whatever, get me a part number and I'll look it up.

[JCFitz]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I have a stack of -53's, most of them came from JCFitz...and I have one very clean one that has, yep, vertical problems. No matter what I do, it needs constant touch-up. Must be one more cap (or resistor?) that I have overlooked. I don't think I've ever seen one of these 19v sets in person-a real easy one to mistake for solid state.

A reminder, I have a lot of NOS RCA small parts from the 70s. If anyone finds they need a coil, transistor, whatever, get me a part number and I'll look it up.

I used to get a ton of those CTC53s Bryan. I don't know if there was a motel or what around here that used them. Same with those GE sets I gave you.Changed value resistors are very common on those RCAs and even the mylar caps fail sometimes.I always had a ton of vertical and horizontal problems.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by JCFitz

Changed value resistors are very common on those RCAs and even the mylar caps fail sometimes. I always had a ton of vertical and horizontal problems.

Ah, yes, the infamous 180K and 220K resistors that would jump up in value = crappy sync/vertical shrink after warmup. We kept a good stock of those. You can even see some of the resistors in the pic, alongside the Vertical tube.


Cheers,