For Michelle/Luxy1205!

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Here's those picture I took of (What used to be) that 60s Zenith set I dragged out of the woods! I don't have any pictures of the tubes, they're in a padded box, I'll take a picture of them later for you! 

 


I call this one, "As time progresses"! 

 


Oh, Any guesses as to what that not-so-vintage TV is in the background? Think 80s! 

 

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And in this picture,

we learn what happens when you "Accidentally" leave your TV in the woods for 40 years! 

 

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The Cover, in it's faded glory:


 


P.S-Any ideas as to how to fix my tuner? I'm missing out on "What's my line"! 

 

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Chiggers ???

 

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Lastly,

Some kind of circuit thingy! what is it?


 


Michelle, I just remembered! I still have all the rusting circuit boards and bits of old TV glass back in that barn, too! in a 5 Gallon bucket! Anything i should know before I go dumping it out to take a picture? Don't want to catch Zenitis! 

 


I know i have a handful of tubes from this thing, so many things to take pictures of! 

 

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Mark, what's a "Chiggers"? 

 

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You're in Florida & you don't know???

 

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Well, Jacksonville and Boca Raton aren't the same place! 

 

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Chinch bugs??? Hehe

 

[luxy1205]

Alex

Hey thanks for the pictures!!! Awesome little Zenith TV you got there!!! Ya know what would be cool...use the plastic frame from the TV and build a shelf out of it to put little knick knacks in!!! I've thought about doing it, would be cool!!!! I've got way too many projects to add a TV made shelf to! If ya just buff the whole thing out it should work again! Ha ha! Very neat!!! -Michelle

 

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Michelle, here is a picture of that bucket of boards (Literally!) I told you about, do you think you can solder this thing back into action? 

 

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But there's more!

I'm sure you all of people can identify this old radio, it looks like the sticker peeled off long ago!


 


I bought this thing in a bundle of a few records and an Elvis stamp, all for $7! not bad considering it still works on all of the original tubes! 

 

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Reply# 10

Looks like a bucket of crawdads

 

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The inside-parts! These tubes look a lot better than the ones that came out that Zenith! 

 

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And there's Mark!

I knew he'd be along before long to interrupt my postings! 

 


I think it's a HARPERS radio, with something to do with RCA Victor! Regardless, anybody know where I can find a 67.5 Volt battery? LOL! I ran this thing on a couple of 9-Volts daisy-chained together (Did you know the 9-Volt was introduced in 1957 specifically for Transistor Radios?). Ironically, the first song it played was "The Great Pretender", maybe this radio never left the 50s! 

 

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Next up!

Those ZENITH tubes! The Zenith insignia on the T.V set, and this tube, were all I had to identify what that thing I just dragged out of the woods was!


 


Besides a bit of Rust-Dust, they look spotless! If only I had a tube-tester! 

 

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Reply# 14

Not to worry it won't happen again

 

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Alex, that's a amazing! How do you get the heaters to warm up without the B67.5V battery?! Once again, that's amazing!

 

[tolivac]

The D battery in the tubed radio is for the "heaters"-Filaments-battery radio tubes have directly heated filaments-it serves as the cathode,too.The B battery-missing provides the higher voltage for the plate circuits in the radio.The radio will need BOTH batteries to work.Used to have a radio sort of like that-worked well,actually.