Two Way Hourglass Bends on My KCS47

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Chris K

Last comment from me as I feel the "SEPARATE SUBJECT REQUIRED!" wrist slap is on its way!

I read several of them and they are fascinating. In addition, I'm a little apprehensive about the health and longevity of my TVs with a flyback winding exposed by cracking and/or melted wax. I have several Philco restorations that have that era of flyback and I have a designer, special edition Hallicrafters 7" that exhibits the heat related fading brightness symptom. I think I should probably get to them with some corona dope sooner rather than later.

I suppose the most efficient way to drag varnish into the windings is to match the base solvents as closely as possible.

My advise is try not to go crazy obsessing over the longevity of any vintage electronics. Try as we may these things aren't going to last forever, and will require ongoing maintenance to keep them working in the midterm. But our lives are relatively short, so enjoy them while you can. This is my fatherly advise for the day.