Scored a Portacolor WHE5255WD

[bandersen]

Amazingly, only one small chip in the front which I was able to glue back in place

I found a copy of Sams 1394-1 that looks awfully close to mine and used it to order up some new electroytics. http://home.comcast.net/~jlrmsousa/p...14_1171d24.pdf

Here's a video of me checking out the set and powering it up: https://youtu.be/-dRL0ar3F0g

[NoPegs]

Originally Posted by GlensterTX

From the last photo in #1, above:

"The attractive cabinet of this television is made of high impact polystyrene to provide the ultimate in sculpted beauty."

And people wonder what was wrong with our tastes in the 70s!

Originally Posted by bandersen

Amazingly, only one small chip in the front which I was able to glue back in place

Ease of repair via solvent welding is possibly the only advantage to polystyrene... Providing you still have the pieces to stick back into the holes.

[rrrhre2s]

In your video you asked where the rectifiers were. One of them is directly under R401, it's a small green blob with a gray line on one end.

I think they were rated at 600v and 1a, they always got replaced with 1N4007 out of warranty.

This may help someone else...since your's must be OK.

rrrhre2s

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

Your date codes on the transformers also scream 1975, even possibly 1976. You have one of the very last tube Porta Color sets. The 10JA came out in 76, and was the last Porta Color. The AA/AB/AC sets in 79-83 weren't marketed as Porta Color sets, and had excellent CRTs.

Now, just find a GE Porta Cool air conditioner to round out the collection!

...and please - a thread on the restoration! Good reads, chap!

Cheers,

The GE Porta-Cool air conditioners worked really well, for what they were.The 6000 BTU model seemed the best and they rather efficient.

[andy]

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[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The GE Porta-Cool air conditioners worked really well, for what they were.The 6000 BTU model seemed the best and they rather efficient.

Was the whole "Porta" concept born out of some GE engineer's college-student kid needing a TV for their dorm room, "oh and while you're at it dad, can I get an air conditioner too?" Hence the need for portability....

I seem to recall that story being told by someone in my younger years. I'll check Popular Science and my Electronic Servicing and PF Reporter stash too.

Cheers,

[user181]

Any news with this set?

[DavGoodlin]

Bob,
I have a very water-soaked Porta-color I got for working on a set for another VK member. I think its the same set as yours but the label is faded
It seems like it takes a hard fail like a fuse for these NOT to work. I dont remember any porta-color that couldn't easily be repaired in the 80s.

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The GE Porta-Cool air conditioners worked really well, for what they were. The 6000 BTU model seemed the best and they rather efficient.

Yep, they were near-perfect in many ways. Folks always kept them in the original box and only removed them for the cooling season. Many AC units were left in year-round but never a porta-cool, hence their durability.

I recall doing the install drill every spring for the older customers; furring strip on window sill, side curtain screws, bug strips and finally rope caulk all around.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by user181

Any news with this set?

fraid not. I've ordered up new caps. but have to finished up a few others projects before I can get to it.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

Bob,
I have a very water-soaked Porta-color I got for working on a set for another VK member. I think its the same set as yours but the label is faded
It seems like it takes a hard fail like a fuse for these NOT to work. I dont remember any porta-color that couldn't easily be repaired in the 80s.




Yep, they were near-perfect in many ways. Folks always kept them in the original box and only removed them for the cooling season. Many AC units were left in year-round but never a porta-cool, hence their durability.

I recall doing the install drill every spring for the older customers; furring strip on window sill, side curtain screws, bug strips and finally rope caulk all around.

I should proof-read a little more carefully. I missed "were" in my statement!
The main thing, I found with Porta-Cools was the blower motors went bad after several years of use.
I've seen them with the J.C. Penney name on them as well.