Rebuilding the VT-71 (TS-4H)

[miniman82]

This is the one I got for $30 at an estate sale a little bit ago. Barring some catastrophic chassis failure, the grand total to go from non-working heap to fully functional restored set shouldn't be more than $200 including purchase price. 30 for the set, 45 for the mask, 20 for the Amperite ballast, 15 for a picture tube socket, and 100 in capacitors. I'll refinish the cabinet with stuff my Dad already has in the basement, so that's a freebee. Budget build, if I do say so myself.


So far I have all the paper caps swapped out, rectifiers replaced, and new ballast installed. Still need to restuff the 'lytics and put the socket on the picture tube, more updates as they become available.