Went and looked at an Admiral

[Eric H]

But left it there.

A 16" Admiral showed up on CL "Make Offer" so I called and offered $25, guy had to ask the Wife and she said no less than $40.

OK, $40 is still good if the CRT is OK, I need a 16GP4 so maybe I'll luck out, he said I could test it first.

Pulled the back off enough to get at the CRT base, first thing I see is a brightener oh well, lets try it anyhow.
The CRT was an RCA with a date code that was probably 1955.

First off it had a massive H-K short, then it had no cutoff and finally zero emissions.
I said thank you and took off.

It did have a good control door, though the panel underneath it had a small crack.

The rest of the set was pretty mediocre, Barn Fresh (literally, it was in a barn) with torn grille cloth, chipped veneer and the usual mouse eaten speaker.

I probably wouldn't have taken it for $20 at this point.

[bandersen]

Bummer. Bill Cahill has been restoring one of those.

[charokeeroad]

Eric, I saw that add too and was thinking about calling. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by charokeeroad

Eric, I saw that add too and was thinking about calling. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

No problem, they were less than 10 miles from me.

[mstaton]

That's too bad. If you see a brightener, generally it;s shot. At least you didn't have to drive to Pacific Palisades or some other long distance.

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by mstaton

That's too bad. If you see a brightener, generally it;s shot. At least you didn't have to drive to Pacific Palisades or some other long distance.

Sometimes you can get lucky. I purchased a Raytheon Porthole
at the ETV. The 16AP4 had a Brightner on it and tested brick dead
on my Sencore CR70. But, I rejuvenated it and it
now works pretty good. The focus is not 100% but it has
plenty of brightness.

Be interesting if someone tried to rejuvenate that CRT with a CR70.

Carl