This looks like a great find to me

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by peverett

Dieseljeep, thanks for posting the information about the tube. The person who now has the Fiberjet, can find the tube more easily now. In fact, I think that I have some 25CD6 tubes. (Of course the other issue with the Fiberjet and many other TVs of that era is the crappy yoke plastic, it had turned to dust).

If I remember correctly, the centertap of the 3CB6s was not tied to anything. This was in the IF section of the TV. Most if not all of the other tubes used 6 volt filaments. I think that in this case, Motorola had just gotten quite a few 3CB6 tubes very cheaply.

That's a 110 degree yoke on that set, so it might be easier to find a yoke cover. According to Motorola service news, they used three volt tubes in all their sets to reduce the tube inventory, for both the factory and the servicer. It made sense, as the built so many series-string sets.

[holmesuser01]

My grandmother had that exact style set in a wooden cabinet. It never had any problems until around 1972, when the yolk shorted. Replace it, and she ran it until 1975, when she got a hybrid Zenith 19" portable. I tried to get the set, but she was trading it in to the TV dealer, and got a $10 discount!