Restoration question from beginner

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Originally Posted by JohnCT

Shango is an odd duck. I love his passion and enthusiasm but he's what we used to call a ham and egger. I stopped watching because he makes so many mistakes or says things that are factually incorrect.

John

Well put. Shango is pretty much outside the usual restoration subject. It is amazing that he does manage to get things limping along, (for how long?).
I don't believe that I have seen him bring things into good enough shape to put in his living room.
Frank, that unit has a lot to it, a big project. The fact that it works as well as it does is rare for something so old. The date given in the Radio Museum could be off by the way, not everything at that site is accurate, but it is a good start. Be aware that TVs back then were watched in a dimly lit room, the screen was never as bright as modern sets. 1949/1950 was before stereo records come out, the phono cartridges (needles) will be hard on stereo records unless you change them out for stereo types. Don't run it until some restoration is done, otherwise hard to replace parts could be damaged. You can wake a CRT (picture tube) up by running it on a CRT tester for a half hour or more.