tube tv ?

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by radio nut

beware ? are these tubes hard to find?

Not in the Internet age.
Lots of online tube sellers not to mention eBay.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by David Roper

Looks like an early 60s Admiral. Sometime back I had two of them with different sized tubes; if I'm right this looks like the smaller one.

Those Admirals you are refering to had a "T" shaped handle. It was a great DXing set. I had a 13" model.

[bgadow]

I was going through some Photofacts the other day and spotted 2 or 3 random sets that looked very similiar, just slightly different trim. Sharp, Sears, other store brands, etc.

[Jeffhs]

Zenith was not the only US TV manufacturer to use a crown type emblem on the front panels of their sets. Admiral did too, only theirs did not have an "A" in the center of the badge; Zenith's did have a "Z" right in the middle. Also, Zenith cleverly put the pilot light on their H511 series radios behind the "Z" crest emblem on the front panel. It looks nice when it works, but when it burns out it overloads the series string, causing the 35W4 rectifier tube filament to glow an alarmingly bright orange due to the severe overload. If the bulb is not replaced promptly, the rectifier and possibly other tubes in the string will burn out, so it was not there simply for decoration; it was an essential part of the filament circuit. It's a #47 lamp, but I don't know if those are available anymore so I don't use my H511 much these days.

[radio nut]

Well I picked it up and its a......... Sears all channel made by Toshiba. I had to buy 4 small portables total but the price was right. whats really funny is he plugged them all in and ran them to show me they worked. Three were solid state and the one I wanted from the picture tubed. two of the solid state set started smelling hot and the tube one looked like the vertical and horizontal had issues. just a bunch of lines going back and forth while at an angle at the same time and it made a rapid pattern "beep noise".

I get them home and two of the modern sets start smoking on me. Thats ok I didn't want them anyways. The other modern set wouldn't pick up anything.

I open the tube set and it has a layer of dirt on the circuit board. OK fine. One can of electronics cleaner..... pull tubes and clean pins..... turn on wiggle tubes and voila... I runs it for about an hour and its fine. I will need to put atleast electro's in it as the can is bulging and it did take 5 minutes for everything to "lock" . But the old dirty technology held better then solid state. .......Oh, no dirt in modern sets, I checked ........

[lnx64]

You don't ever plug in an old TV without examining things first.

First rule of old stuff.

[peverett]

It is probably a tube type TV, but this is not certain. I have a 1965 Sylvania about this same size that is solid state except for the high voltage rectifier.

I have two tube type TVs that are similar to this-a Hitachi and Curtis Mathis(I am sure the CM is Japanese manufacture).

[radiotvnut]

Glad you got it. What were the other two sets?

[radio nut]

I only remember a toshiba color set from 1983 I think. The others I dont't recall.

[lnx64]

I have a Sears LXI Series TV in storage that is early 80's. It must be a Toshiba because Toshiba remotes all work on it, including enabling hidden features, like AV2 input, when it only has physically 1 AV inputs (it's funny that it can be enabled like that).

Sadly the TV is slowly loosing vertical size..

[radio nut]

Originally Posted by lnx64

I have a Sears LXI Series TV in storage that is early 80's. It must be a Toshiba because Toshiba remotes all work on it, including enabling hidden features, like AV2 input, when it only has physically 1 AV inputs (it's funny that it can be enabled like that).

Sadly the TV is slowly loosing vertical size..

At least it can be repaired.....

[radiotvnut]

Bad caps were a big problem in '80's and early '90's Toshiba TV's. Look for leaking red or brown electrolytic caps in the vertical circuit.

[lnx64]

I might repair it. It hasn't been powered up in a few years so it should be WELL enough discharged. Also though, it's remote control is in rough shape. Doesn't even stay shut anymore.

[Hemingray]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

It's a #47 lamp, but I don't know if those are available anymore so I don't use my H511 much these days.

Still available, even your local radio shack should still have them, if not, you can find them about anywhere.

[wkand]

If you look at the badge to the right on the top, "grilled" portion of the set, above the CRT, you can make out the word Sears on the left had side of the rectangle. I had one like this as well. It is late 1960's. Good picture, poor sound quality. As a previous poster said, oddball tubes. Bet ya it was made by Toshiba. I had one very similar except mine had a T shaped handle that retracted into the case, and liked it a lot overall. The channel selector and other knobs were identical to the one pictured. I got mine used for free in the late 1970's, fixed a shorted LV rect diode, and played that set for years! It still worked when I gave it away in about 1986 or so.