I love my roundie but it sure is high maintenance.

[oldtvman]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

If it ran 45 years with original electrolytics and mostly original tubes, I'd call that pretty low maintenance.

I'd replace the electrolytics and then see where you stand. They are so frequently bad that I don't bother trying to diagnose problems until they have been replaced.

Just my $0.02.

Phil Nelson

Phil, I remember ctc series eating flybacks in the day, others had different problems, the Admirals also ate flybacks, but most problems boiled to dirty controls bad switches dirty tuners all of which could cause weird problems sometimes if you weren't familiar with servicing that peticular brand. Most people would set there and watch color pictures that were severely out of adjustment probably because they were never instructed how to set the controls up properly.