Please advise this noob on admiral 19g1

[tubezilla]

This is my first attempt at a t.v. restoration, so I am looking for advise, general pointers, and anything else helpful you might be willing to give. I have successfully repaired many antique radios without too much headache, so I figured I would give this old t.v. a shot. I picked up this admiral 19g1 this morning at the local antiques mall, it has 21wp4 picture tube, a radio for standard broadcast, and a record player. I brought it up over the course of an hour with my variac, the radio receives a couple of local stations, record player does not work at all, and the picture tube filament was lit, but no raster on screen. I'm in the process of testintg all the tubes right now, but would like to know what the next logical step would be after that. I already pulled the HV cover off, and the flyback looks nearly pristine except for a little dust and spiderwebs. Thanks for any help, I will need all I can get.

[miniman82]

In a word: capacitors. Drifted, shorted, or open caps in the power supply will cause ripple in the B+ voltages, and in other circuits cause oscilators to run at the wrong frequencies (if they run at all). At a minimum I always replace power supply electrolytics first, then move on to the other circuits.

[tubezilla]

So far, I have tested 8 tubes, half of which are admiral branded, 4 of these have nearly zero emissions, 1 is shorted between grid and plate. Still have a few to do, before I pull the chassis out. As for the caps, I figured that would be the least I would have to do. Was wondering if I could get a shock from touching the wrong parts even if it is unplugged. Picture tube tested good! And thanks for the speedy response, I'll post updates as I go if you all would like. Any tips and tricks welcome, thanks again!

[TheNixer]

Is that the one where a drawer pulls out under the TV with the record player and radio in it? It'd be cool to see some pictures!

[tubezilla]

Yes, it has a door that opens hinged on the bottom, and the record player slides out. The radio is tuned via the larger knob behind the volume control on the front panel. I will take some pictures of it now, but may need some help posting them, but will give it a try in a few minutes.

[tubezilla]

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[bandersen]

Originally Posted by tubezilla

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They might be too big - 900 x 900 and about 145 kb is the limit.

[tubezilla]

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[TheNixer]

Very nice find! I like the design, and a record player to boot. Good luck on the restoration - It'll be neat to have the whole thing working again.

[tubezilla]

I'm off to work for now, but when I get back I will pull the chassis and start making a cap list.

[JB5pro]

That looks like a great set to restore. Very smart design of alot in a small set. I bet it has had relatively low hours of usage based on it's chassis' appearance and having half Admiral tubes. Also, the CRT looks nice not having that burnt spot in the phosphors some of those oldies seem to get with alot of use when the ion trap(?) is messed up. The advice you will get here will have everything working as new Is that little gray knob on the left lower side original? Seems like it should be color coordinated. I am thinking the big one on the right should match the main big one on the left?

[Dan Starnes]

Awesome..my family had that same exact style set until the early 60's.

[cwmoser]

You and I have a similar backgrounds. I worked on mostly radios until last fall when I obtained my first TV and restored it. I always admired the chaps who did TV restoration and looked for a long time for my first TV. I think restoring radios are fun, but I enjoyed my TV restoration more than anything I've worked on.

You got a nice looking TV. Enjoy the restoration.

[tubezilla]

Thanks jb5pro, the knobs appear to be original, i.e. the lettering matches and the pilot lights shine through the numbers in the same way. The smaller knob on the lower left was at one time, gold like the rest of the front panel, but most of the color has worn off or maby oxidized. It switches between t.v., radio, and phono modes. Left knob is volume & on-off, and the ring behind it is the tuning for the radio section. The right side knob is tuning with the ring behind it is fine tuning. Behind the small center panel is contrast, brighness, vert hold, etc. And thanks everyone else for your kind comments. It gives me even more inspiration to get this going. Well I just got home from work, so I'll start on that cap list in the morning. (about noon)!