CTC-7 is coming MY way!

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Encouraging signs. I would be very cautious about powering it up any more until the electrolytic capacitors have been replaced (or at least checked).

This article has some CTC-7 restoration notes and the RCA service manual:

http://antiqueradio.org/RCACTC-7ColorTelevision.htm

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

THANK YOU, PHIL! This is better than the photofact!!

During the time that the set was running, none of the can electrolytics got warm in any way. I have no intentions of running this set very much. The whole time it was on, I had it running thru a 1.5 amp fuse and the variac, and ammeter.

From what I got from the previous owner, it belonged to her father, a TV repairman, and was running about 2 years ago, until it suddenly went black while they were watching it. A few weeks after this, the father had a stroke, and they moved this set into a storage building. Now, it's mine.

I'll look closely at the Hz Osc. board and the tube socket. Sure dont want to kill a 6DQ5! I'll be real careful around the flyback, too, as there is old wax leakage in the cage.

I checked the HV: 19KV. The HV regulator looks to be working properly.

Red screen is due to the red drive control being turned all the way up.

Tonight, I think I will go ahead and pull the chassis and bring it inside and work on it instead of running it anymore.