Sylvania Halo-vision question

[Tubejunke]

Gosh I hate reading about sets that I remember busting up 25 or more years ago! I scrounged a Halo-light console from our high school electronics class where we had over half of a room full of donated TVs of which I would say a third were 50's sets! There was even a junky Predicta in our storage room that I would tinker with. The Sylvania was probably a good set, but between my lack of skills at the time and my dad always raising hell about a house full of "junk", I used to periodically bust a few sets up to make him happy and make room for more. I still battle the constant need for space to justify bringing home another set! I never could find a taker for my super clean 58 Space Command 24" so I decided to just keep it around till I can take the chassis to the college and break out a Huntington Tracker on the ceramic disc caps. Actually I will take the time to look at ALL caps with the expensive equipment that enables me to look at a wave form of sorts called a "footprint" that tests components IN CIRCUIT! YES! If there is an overlooked bad component, I should be able to sniff it out. Here at home I don't have a scope or a jig to support the big crt while the set is powered up for voltage checks, nor do I have a signal generator to go that route. I am anxious to see how the new equipment serves me on this.

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

I decided to just keep it around till I can take the chassis to the college and break out a Huntington Tracker on the ceramic disc caps. Actually, I will take the time to look at ALL caps with this expensive equipment that enables me to look at a wave form of sorts called a "footprint" that tests components IN CIRCUIT!

I want to correct my mistake in the name of this device. It is a Huntron Tracker. Also, today I found out that it is not necessarily as big of a magic troubleshooting tool as I initially thought. I found out that the expected "footprints" are atered by components in parallel when it comes to resistors, capacitors, inductors etc. So, unless there is some hidden secret in the manual it is still snip-a-lead! I think this device is more suited to semiconductor devices.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Here's a cool looking Halo lurking in WI. Looks like blond metal cabinet with black trim. I've been eyeing it for a couple weeks now. Someone should come get it so I can focus on other things

Kevin

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http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/atq/2204549289.html

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Here's a cool looking Halo lurking in WI. Looks like blond metal cabinet with black trim. I've been eyeing it for a couple weeks now. Someone should come get it so I can focus on other things

Unfortunately the seller thinks it's a museum piece and still wants a fortune for it.


From the seller: "cash ill take $700 trades just let me know what you have to offer"




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[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Unfortunately the seller thinks it's a museum piece and still wants a fortune for it.


From the seller: "cash ill take $700 trades just let me know what you have to offer"




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Oh my! That explains why it's been on CL for sooo long.

BTW I finally got the Admiral home, thanks for the tip on that one.
I had specifically asked the seller if there were any issues with the cabinet...any cracks, breaks, anything unusual. He said nothing he had noticed. First thing I see, there's a 3/4" hole drilled in the side of the cabinet with like a conduit clamp mounted in it. Why people think they should hide things like that is beyond me. Otherwise it's in very nice condition and I'm still happy with the deal.

Kevin

[WISCOJIM]

You're welcome.

Bakelite would be tough to patch, unless you wanted to paint the whole cabinet. (Coca-Cola red with some decals added? Lots of eBay sellers seem to have good luck selling those.)

It could have been worse. I've bought TVs online only to find the sellers had used "borrowed" pictures in their eBay listings. Thankfully Square Trade came to my rescue. Some were seriously messed up.

At least when you pick up a TV in person (before paying) you get the opportunity to walk away from the deal.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Actually an off-white Admiral console would look sorta cool, but I'll likely leave it as is. It's just part of the sets history, we don't live in a perfect world.

Kevin