Rca Ctc-15

[Charlie]

Another project I decided to start is a CTC-15. I have two of them in the garage... one in a metal cabinet and one in a Beauchamp wood cabinet. Currently, neither one has a CRT. The plan is to put the better of the two chassis into the Beauchamp cabinet, which will be stripped and refinished.

Since i didn't get very far with the Philco today, I decided to bring up the 15 on the variac. (I have a feeling that I'll be jogging back and forth between these two sets) I was glad when it started picking up audio from our local channels by the time I got it to 80 volts... at least I know the first few stages are operating. After finally getting it up to full power, B+ voltages looked good and audio was good and clear. I found one lytic that was slightly warm, but not too bad to worry with at this time.

Before powering it up, I found a couple of wires that had burned in two from being next to a 10 watt resistor. Also, looks like the HV anode lead needs replacing due to a crack in the insulation.