CTC10 Finally a failure

[Tom S]

Well I thought I got every cap. Guess I missed one.. Dammit. I put a terminal strip and left the old caps in place. All unwired of course. Missed 2 sections. 80@ 450 and 160@450. Plus I took out the damm B+ fuse and I really don't know how. Stole the one out of my CTC 11 it was 3 and 2/10 amp. Set played for a short time and it went too. But I didn't unhook old cap's. Just used my sub box. You can tell I've been out of it for a bit. Put cart before the horse. LOL. I'll change caps then try again. I hope all goes ok. I should always check power supplies first. AC can play some good tricks for sure.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Tom S

Well I thought I got every cap. Guess I missed one.. Dammit. I put a terminal strip and left the old caps in place. All unwired of course. Missed 2 sections. 80@ 450 and 160@450. Plus I took out the damm B+ fuse and I really don't know how. Stole the one out of my CTC 11 it was 3 and 2/10 amp. Set played for a short time and it went too. But I didn't unhook old cap's. Just used my sub box. You can tell I've been out of it for a bit. Put cart before the horse. LOL. I'll change caps then try again. I hope all goes ok. I should always check power supplies first. AC can play some good tricks for sure.

Shouldn't the fuse be a 3.5A, not a 3.2A? All of my RCA lit for the CTC10 shows a 3.5A fuse.

[Tom S]

It is 3.5. Robbed the one out of my 11 that was lower. Now it also has 3.5 as the circuit breaker was bad and pryor owner had put in a fuse holder. Should put in a breaker again like it had.

[Tom S]

Also wish I could get the right Lit. I have sams copy and it's ok. Be good to have the right stuff so to speak. If anyone has it I'd buy a copy.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Tom S

Also wish I could get the right Lit. I have sams copy and it's ok. Be good to have the right stuff so to speak. If anyone has it I'd buy a copy.

Look on eBay for the RCA field service guides - I have the 1955-1966 one, with all of the early color sets. It also has aa abbreviated parts list for each chassis.