1950 RCA 6t65 Highland console

[jbivy]

Well another freeby followed me home. Looks to be in pretty good cosmetic condition, no major scratches and looks 100% complete. Cant wait to pull the back panel and check out the chassis.

From what ive read, this is the 6t65 "Highland" console with the kcs47a chassis, 16" tube. Hopefully it will be an easy restoration, since I want to have this baby in my house by winter.

[decojoe67]

Nice looking console in great condition. That'll be a great player when restored.

[Radiotronman]

Hi, I have that set too. It was my great grandmas first set. If I remember right, that is a metal coned tube, so be careful because the whole cone is the second anode!

[Gregb]

Very nice looking set, good luck with it.

Gregb

[Kamakiri]

Those sets......are usually never an easy restoration. At least not the few I've worked on. That one's usually a challenge. Hopefully the power transformer is original, there were a lot of cheapo power transformers installed in KCS47 chassis sets back in the day.

[bigaudioal]

I had this EXACT set for my first vintage TV. Since I did not know anything about them at that point, Kamakiri gave it a shot for me. Turns out mine was completely fried, and these chassis were not the best quality produced by RCA in the 1950s. Hope yours is in good shape and restorable. Tim used what he could from mine in parts and the rest unfortunately found the junkyard.

[jbivy]

Thanks for the tips everyone.

Well EVEN IF everything is shot, its a nice cabinet and could receive the internals from a more modern color crt tv. Then see what pieces of the chassis can be used by other restorers.

I will be crossing my fingers that she is restorable

[jr_tech]

Do you have a CRT tester? IMHO, metal tubes are more likely to leak and die than all glass tubes. A 16GP4 may be pretty tough to find. If the tube is good or a replacement can be found, go for it ... you will likely increase your troubleshooting skills as well as your vocabulary of cuss words. Very pretty set, worth the effort.

jr

[Olorin67]

I have a similar set , in a slightly plainer mahogany cabinet. Got it free at a garage sale years ago. Tube is good in mine. Gets a raster, but thats as far as my efforts have gotten. Has sync, contrast, and sound issues. i think mine has a 16AP4 in it.

[oldtvsandtoy]

Originally Posted by jbivy

Thanks for the tips everyone.

Well EVEN IF everything is shot, its a nice cabinet and could receive the internals from a more modern color crt tv. Then see what pieces of the chassis can be used by other restorers.

I will be crossing my fingers that she is restorable

What did you say? Modern color TV?

[jbivy]

Well this has the 16gp4 crt in it. I have access to a crt tester, but its missing some of the plug adapters, so I will have to find out if i can test this.

When I opened the back, the missing power cord was wrapped around the crt. As well as a strange alligator clip that was clipped to the copper piece that goes between the HV cage and tube. Clipped to the chassis. Perhaps this set died, someone attempted a repair and gave up.



and yeah, if the tube and chassis ARE dead, why not give away the pieces to restorers who can use it to get their sets back up and running? Better to modernize the internals, than to let a beautiful empty case go to waste and sit, maybe forever.

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by oldtvsandtoy

What did you say? Modern color TV?

Worse than that, I was about to recommend a 24" HDTV... decent fit since the mask for the nearly flat 16GP4 should fit pretty well up against the flat screen, height should be about right (11.5 inches) and only about 2 inches of width will be lost on either side when the set is in 16:9 mode. Much better, of course if the HDTV is in 4:3 mode (about 15.3inch width).

jr

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Much better, of course if the HDTV is in 4:3 mode (about 15.3inch width).

jr

A CRT VGA computer monitor would work. You'd drive the monitor with a HDMI to VGA converter box (many on ebay and such) from a cable box or such.

[jbivy]

Allright, I pulled the chassis and wasnt too happy with what I found underneath. Multiple capacitors and resistors twisted in parallel, a few hanging wires and an octal socket thats connected to nothing on either side.

Ill check the transformers tomorrow, see whats going on. Hopefully ill be able to test the crt this weekend.

[jr_tech]

Parallel Capacitors are common, if repairs were done by somebody with a poor stock of caps... they should be replaced with the proper value.

Parallel resistors in the power supply section are likely factory, and are shown in schematics for the set. (for example two 12K and one 15K 2 watt resistors in parallel in the 115V supply). These combos are mostly located close to the filter choke.

jr