Restoring a Philco model E-3032

[Electronic M]

I've never had the misfortune of working on one of those lousy RCAs so I can't compare.

Originally Posted by pendulum

I really like that slant design, sets it apart from all the boxy portables that were out there in the 50's. It seems philco had a habit of choosing design over ease of servicing, thanks for sharing though!

Thanks. It seemed that in the 30's-50's many Philco radios had swanky modern cabinets, but soon after they started selling TV's they decided to give their TVs plain cabinets...It seems they waited till this and the Predicta line to break with that styling....

I finished the recap, and selenium replacement...Save for the 100uF 450V section of the top can...Which tested good, and I don't have a replacement for. It works well, but I can tell from how much sharper, brighter, and more contrasty my 8" test CRT is that the original 17" jug in it is far from great....I may eventually add a brightener if I put this in regular service.





One odd thing is that the Horiz AFC diodes are mounted on their own terminal strip despite having a perfectly good place to attach to the board....It's like a previous run had a bad batch of diodes and they expected these to fail too.


To give an idea of the compactness here is a shot of it on a 17" RCA....The only thing I have with the same CRT that might be more compact is a Setchell Carlson portable.