Scored a Philco 48-2500

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by hi_volt

Thanks to a "heads-up" from one of the VK'ers in my area (thanks Sam!), a Philco 48-2500 followed me home today. Looks to be fairly complete except for the missing back. Pretty clean, with the usual dust and cabinet scratches. The CRT has a brightener on it, so I guess I'm going to be looking for a replacement TP400A sometime in the near future. Not sure if I can salvage the grill cloth, but I'll take a look and give it a try.

Chassis number 01130972

Cabinet number 688

Great score. I have cabinet number 379 that I restored.
It was one of the most enjoyable restorations I have done.
Interesting technology.

BTW, it will take a lot of capacitors to recap the chassis but the
capacitors are easy to get access to.

Like to see the condition of the round concave Spherical mirror at
the bottom of the barrel. Does it use 1B3s or 1X2s in the HV?

The Mahagony wood pieces in those cabinets match nicely and yours
should turn out to be beautiful.

I replaced the fake speaker cloth with a selection from the local
fabric shop. I found a close looking match.

Are you missing a zero in the chassis number? Just curious.

Carl