2 RCA tube color sets & other stuff found.

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Originally Posted by Keefla

not to derail the thread or start a war but as a dealer mechanic me and my fellow mechanics in shops/dealers/service stations all over this fine country say the same damn thing 100 times a day, take the people that work on them and have them work with the designers! things today are put togeather with no thought that eventually they will need to be repaired!!

Another thing that comes to mind are radios from the '20's. Many of those had the transformer, capacitors, filter chokes, etc. sealed inside a metal box with tar. I guess they thought that no one would be repairing those, either. There are some parts of my CTC38 that are fairly easy to work on; but, where I'm at right now is not one of them.

I'm just glad I had sense enough, for a change, to walk away from it before cause more damage. I still would like to get this one going, if possible.

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One other thought. I doubt the fine folks at RCA had any idea that someone would be trying to repair one of these sets 40+ years after it was put on the market. They probably figured on it being replaced in 10, maybe 15 years. The new flyback was made in '84 and the set was built in '69; so, at least they kept parts around for a reasonable length of time. Now, companies discontinue parts almost as soon as the warranty expires.