Brrrr!

[miniman82]

Because this cat has something to say, and might help YOU at some point. Do you really want people getting removed everytime they say something that might offend you? Sounds like a recipie for a pretty boring life, to me. Just because a member has a problem with another member- that's not a reason to ban anyone. That's the kind of thinking that will bring us net neutrality and I gotta tell ya, if you're for that, you should move to another country.

[TubeType]

I was able to recover the current owner's photos of his Philco Model TV-123 color set.

I understand there were about five hundred of these sets produced.
Does anyone know how many are on the survivor's list?

Caveat: I am not now, nor have I ever been associated with the sale of this television set. T.C.

[ggregg]

Originally Posted by TubeType

I was able to recover the current owner's photos of his Philco Model TV-123 color set.

I understand there were about five hundred of these sets produced.
Does anyone know how many are on the survivor's list?

Caveat: I am not now, nor have I ever been associated with the sale of this television set. T.C.

When I saw how "interesting" this thread was getting, I did a little research. According to what I've been able to find, it seems less than a handful are around. This may only be the third that has been out in public lately. Now what I was reading may be outdated or not accurate by now.

[Pete Deksnis]

There are two TV-123's (that's the chassis designation, the Philco model number is 22D5102) in museums and four more in the hands of collectors. This latest set makes five for a grand total of seven. At one time they were extremely rare but the queue his filled up a bit. I have one that is believed to be the 'newest' one around; it was manufactured early in 1956. Am in the process of doing my thing with mine: restore one circuit function at a time and test it.

There's been talk of a glass CRT. The AXP in mine was factory installed, and it looks very similar to the photo TubeType recovered. I can't tell for sure though if it's glass or metal.

The guy I bought it from, the original owner, a Philco dealer in southern NJ, it was about six years ago now, had made his own rectifier extension; he said the rectifiers when run in their sockets on the power transformer would melt their solder. Not likely of course, but they must have gotten real warm in those non-airconditioned rooms back in the late fifties NJ summers.

Pete

[John Folsom]

The Philco 123 had a 5U4 and a 5Y3 in sockets atop the power transformer. Philco made a little box which plugged into one of the two sockets (not sure which) which contained two 5U4s in parallel. Here is a photo of the box which came with my set.

[TubeType]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

The Philco 123 had a 5U4 and a 5Y3 in sockets atop the power transformer. Philco made a little box which plugged into one of the two sockets (not sure which) which contained two 5U4s in parallel. Here is a photo of the box which came with my set.

John,
Thanks for the dual-5U4 box photo. So, the original PS couldn't handle the load and had to be beefed up?