RCA Victor 6T74 Finally Finnished!

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

Actually, I see nothing wrong with wood as insulation, even at 13KV.
Bill Cahill

I concur! Especially remembering how Motorola, for one, used the underside of the chassis as a high voltage cage in the early to mid fifties. There was a metal cover from the factory for the flyback and HV rectifier, but I have had three such sets and two of them had no metal cover. Now metal cabinet sets have always sort of freaked me out anyway because it's way too easy to get zapped like that. I recently brought home a Zenith color "roundie" with a metal cabinet. All of that color second anode voltage and other high current circuitry and a piece of woodgrain metal is all that keeps it from me!

[bandersen]

Nice job, Bill Glad to see it up and running

[batterymaker]

I was just stunned by the amount of problems that TV had.

But you have the tenacity of a bulldog, and it looks as though you have finally smote it!

Congratulations.

[holmesuser01]

I've said this on the ARF site too:

Congratulations Bill!

Here I will say: This set will be around for a long time to come. I've read about the problems for several years on ARF and am so glad that it is now fixed. Seeing McHales Navy for the first time in many years is fun. I saw all of them from the beginning of the series to the end on the network run. Made me really like seeing Joe Flynn as Binghamton (the accent is on the ham) and Tim Conway as Parker play off of each other.

I'm still surprised that RCA allowed that set to get out of the QC area. But, I dont know how they were back then. It's like when they have a car that wont start at the end of the assembly line... They push it out of the way. I hear they are known as "goodies for the dealer."

Again, Bill, Congratulations!

Bruce McGee

[Bill Cahill]

Thanks, guys. Still have my vertical problem. Looks like a resistor is changing value, but, if that's the worst that happens, I'm happy.
Once I saw it go into a vertical bar, black out, then, come back a full picture, but, it hasn't done it since, so, why borrow trouble??
Anyway, slight audio tuning problem is easily fixed. Probably tube drift.
All, in all, I'm happy with it. Picture is good. And, the round ball on Huckleberry Hound actually looks round, now.
Bill Cahill

[Bill Cahill]

Just finnished enjoying 6 programs of The Dick Van Dyke Show on DVD.
Great program.
Except for slight vertical shrinking at bottom, set played great.
Enjoyed myself very much!
Bill Cahill

[Bill Cahill]

And, here are the latest pictures of it playing.....
Bill Cahill

[Tubejunke]

Hey Bill, what is the difference between your set and my RCA TC-127? Your CRT looks bigger. Mine is a 12". That's great that you have figured out everything and the set looks great! I would still love to get more volume out of mine, but I can hear it in the room, so it hasn't had high priority lately with all of the really broken stuff I have.

[Bill Cahill]

I have the same sound issue.
Mine is KCS 47. Yours is KCS 38, I believe.
Maj0r differences in the two.
Mine is a 16", consisting of a 16GP4 pin. Tube.
Bill Cahill

[miniman82]

You should pay more attention to Craigslist, Bill.



Yours for a song, or if you can't sing $1 will suffice. lol

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/atq/1840948653.html

[RitchieMars]

"I know nothing about this high definition television... It may work it may not but I honestly think it does."

OMG!

[Bill Cahill]

Originally Posted by miniman82

You should pay more attention to Craigslist, Bill.



Yours for a song, or if you can't sing $1 will suffice. lol

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/atq/1840948653.html

And, how do you reccommend I pick it up????
I'm in Florida. Not exactly around the block, and, I don't drive.
B C

[Bill Cahill]

And, that is not model 6T74.
It's model 6T76.
BC

[miniman82]

And, how do you reccommend I pick it up????
I'm in Florida. Not exactly around the block, and, I don't drive.

"Alright, I've had enough! I'm done with it! I'm just fed up here with the sniping."

Ring any bells???



Every hear of shipping? I just shipped a CTC-7 to my house from Portland, it's only money.... I figured with as close as it looks to yours, you might be interested. Guess I was wrong.

[Bill Cahill]

I didn't mean to upset you. Let me put it this way.
Yes, I would be interested in the set, except I know the shipping would be over 500.00. I'm on a tight budget, and, have an ailing dog.
Looks like it's in nice condition, but, well, let me contact the guy, and, see if he's got any ideas....
I tried to get a tv shipped from the other side of Florida, and, they wanted 250.00 for that.... That waqs two years ago.
Sipping costs are high.
It just cost me 17.00 to ship a very small children's rp from two states away...
Bill Cahill