Going to Knoxville Tomorrow..

[Sandy G]

Naw, I got it from Harry back in the Summer/Fall...He sent it in, I took it out of the box, put it in the back of my wife's Touareg,& took it to Terry the next day..Actually, I think Evan or Jess, transferred it to the Touareg...I never even really LOOKED at it B4 I took it to Terry...

[vts1134]

I think he was asking Tom where he got his porthole, I could be wrong though.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by cwmoser

That is quite amazing.
Did you purchase that Porthole at the Early Television conference last year?

Carl

Yup, and for the pittance of 20$! The CRT was dead, but Nick, and Mark tested the tube for me and resurrected it. It now has emissions in the lower good zone with a brightener, and somewhere below the good zone without. Once I got back it pretty much came to life after a SLOW (read over cautious) power up on my variac. I've run it about 2-4 hours worth as it is, and the lytics (the ones not too close to the CRT for me to safely touch) have never gotten warm even after over an hour of (closely monitored) run time.

I'm not sure if I should leave it electrically as is and turn it on occasionally as one of those "ooh wow!" sets or recap it. My monochrome sets don't get used much anyway.

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Yup, and for the pittance of 20$! The CRT was dead, but Nick, and Mark tested the tube for me and resurrected it. It now has emissions in the lower good zone with a brightener, and somewhere below the good zone without. Once I got back it pretty much came to life after a SLOW (read over cautious) power up on my variac. I've run it about 2-4 hours worth as it is, and the lytics (the ones not too close to the CRT for me to safely touch) have never gotten warm even after over an hour of (closely monitored) run time.

I'm not sure if I should leave it electrically as is and turn it on occasionally as one of those "ooh wow!" sets or recap it. My monochrome sets don't get used much anyway.

I recommend you document (YouTube, a website, etc) how you found it and how it played with much of the circuitry it originally came with ... then restore it both electrically and also the cabinet. Leaving it like it is might someday kill off something hard to replace or cause a fire - then it might be useful for nothing more than a parts set.

You do have an interesting story that should be preserved with that TV. It will be a really beautiful TV with restoration.

Carl

[Sandy G]

Wish I knew the history of my "Claridge"...

[ShartZenith]

I'm v e r y envious about your acquisition but glad you got one. I've been looking around here (kansas City area) since last Spring and have found zilch. Only a few combo rectangular tube models circa '51 later. One junker about 90 miles away I didn't pursue and other false alarms on craigslist near and somewhat afar. I keep lookin' and hopin'. At least I have my working Predicta to watch when I want to but its not a "roundie!"

[Sandy G]

Well, I'd lookied high/lookied low around here for 10 years & NEVER found one, so I called Harry Poster in Noo Joisey & one got down here Post-Haste...(grin)