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I actually bought the set in central NY near Schenectady. The was no TV in Canada until 1952 and the first available TV dighna l here was from WBEN TV Buffalo NY in 1948. Muy RCA 8T243 was allegedly the first Canadian built TV manufactured in Montreal Quebec.
I bought the 721TS from the house it was purchased for and sat in for over 65 years. The attic was insulated so I guess it did not get too warm in the summer nor too cold in the winter. The set is interesting as it was quite dirty but typical he chassis was not corroded.
I bought an RCA 8T271 which included survivor electrolytics from a home just outside Philadelphia 7 years ago. The original owner bought the set just after he left the US Army with a bonus and he retained it until his death at the age of 91 in 2013. His family sold it to me and despite it not working and sitting in a corner in ther house for nearly 60 years unused, the electrolytic capacitors all came back fine and are still okay after hundreds of hours. This set, having sat indoors its whole life, had a pristine chassis. It looks like new.
So you have to take each case as it comes, I guess.
Last edited by Penthode; 06-25-2020 at 07:57 PM.
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