Emerson 14" AC/DC suitcase TV

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Originally Posted by Electronic M

Might be interesting after you get it working to full wave rectify the AC out of a variac into a big lytic, and run the set off of 120VDC to see how well it works as a DC set.

It'll show a slight underscan of the horizontal sweep.
The set's were really designed for 140 volts B+, when used on AC.
I think, most commercial DC sources were probably higher than 120 volts.
Plus, there's a lot more voltage drop in a selenium rectifier, than a silicon rectifier.