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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin
Thanks for the Introduction and welcome to the electron madhouse. - That Philco is the very kind that some of us pretend to be experts on.
Only Doctor Smith would dare plug in a set of that vintage before a complete capacitor replacement.
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Dr. Smith would blow this Philco up in a NY minute if he thought it might get him back to Earth!
I am extremely glad to be in the company of experts. I have already read and re-read Phil's section on capacitor replacement, and I can see now that this is going to be more than just a matter of replacing some tubes etc. Although I tinkered quite a bit with tube/solid state tv's in the '70's & '80's, looking into the back of this '54 Philco is somewhat like gazing upon an alien machine from another world. It's simplicity/complexity is mind boggling. I am here to share my attempts at restoration and to hopefully learn a thing or two!
BTW I did plug it in when I first got it home - not a good idea, I can see now - but nothing exploded or smelled, nothing really happened at all except a few tubes lit up and a few didn't. The back of the picture tube where the collar of wires was lit up, not sure if that's a good sign but I suppose it is...