Virgin 1958 Space Command 400???

[Carmine]

I've fired-up sets that have been unused for decades, sometimes with good results, sometimes without... But I've never had any disasters. The Zenith's shown below have all the OE caps, except one in the vertical section of the portable (and that was only to fix the occasional vertical roll). Why not start with the most common problem, vertical output tube; rather than a shotgun approach of cap replacement? If your set truly has low hours, it may be a cap problem, but a tube swap takes less than a minute!

Last time I made a post like this, I swear that I got two PMs from posters (who asked me not to reveal their names) who basically said shotgun cap replacement was a waste of energy, especially for an occasional use set. You would think I was advocating an overthrow of the government... I could feel their fear of coming out of the closet!! I don't mean any disrespect, especially to the only board I've ever been on that was "flame-free" but I take more of a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach. Don't get me wrong, I will tear into stuff for even a minor infraction.

On the subject of the SC400, I got a remote for mine from Ebay about two years ago. The same 50s remote will control all the functions of my late 70s Chromacolor set (and vice versa).

(Ignore the newer set.. It just happened to be in the picture at the time!)