RCA-Roundie One Owner

[ChrisW6ATV]

I just worked on another AK member's CTC-4 recently and aligned it. Those sets have a nice picture when they're restored and set up.

[yagosaga]

Originally Posted by refill233

As i said before i'm not in color sets right now and don't think i want to attempt it. Now the question is to sell it or get it restored ?

Please be patient. This is a great opportunity to learn color television. You have nothing to loose. You only can win! The prices for CTC-4s are very low in my opinion. I have seen CTC4s on the 'bay gone for $500 and up to $1,300. But the real value is much higher. So selling this set would be a bad deal.

Take your time. Study the set. Look at the chassis. Look into the schematics. Is there something significant? Melted wax or bad caps? You have all the time of the world. This set can wait. Learn, what you don't understand. The parts, and tubes and the circuits - a lot of is very strange at the first sight. But you will see that you get a feeling for it. And the day will come when you say, I will test it.

Remove F104, the fuse for the 380Volts D.C.. Take a variac (with 500 watts) and turn it slowly on. What will happen with the tubes? Do they light up?

Unsolder F102 and F103. This will cut the filament currents. Insert an Amperemeter with A.C. selection at the socket for F104. Turn the variac slowly on. What are the meter readings? Keep it below 100mA. The electrolytic caps have to be reformed:

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

When this is done, you can go through the schematics part for part.

Check the power supply, the horizontal output unit and so on. Don't replace every cap. Look for their functions in the schematics. Many caps are low voltage rated or coupled with resistors. These are not critical.

And you also will see the day when there is a raster on the screen or even a colorful picture. These are moments which you never will forget!

But remember: you have time. The only reason to sell this set might be if you absolutely have no room for it.

- Eckhard

[kx250rider]

Congratulations on finding a VERY rare set! You have found your once-in-a-lifetime find. And to find ANY one-owner fifties color set is an event by itsself... Do the math: A color TV in 1955 cost about half what a new Chevy cost. So that was a purchase only for the financially secure family. A doctor, or an established businessman. So assume that the buyer was about 40, that makes him/her well into their 90s today.

Charles

[Dan Starnes]

Wow,,, drool, drool,, pant!
Dan

[freakaftr8]

Yeah ill agree to that! CTC-15's and 16's are the only oldest sets around here! Congrats!

[Sandy G]

I'd give my EYETEETH for one o' those...But same old story-getting it here, intact, would be a miracle on the order of the loves 'n' fishes...

[refill233]

Finally got around to cleaning up the set and taking some more pics of it.


Later, Don

[refill233]

Don't want to break any rules here so off it goes.


Thank you. Don

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by Tony V

What an awesome find! I would probably pee my pants if i stumbled across one of these and was able to buy it.-Tony

I second that!

[sampson159]

the radio museum in huntington w. va has the same set. it currently not working! i offered to buy it last fall,but they laughed at me. said it was so rare that it is worth thousands. for a non working set?i if thats the case,yours is worth millions. their cabinet was pretty rough too.

[vintagecollect]

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[refill233]

Thanks for all the info, i sure appreciate it.

Don

[bgadow]

Don, I sure wish I could afford it. Best of luck-you should do really well on ebay.