Recapped My Predicta Tandem, I don't know what to do
Posts: 1,824
Threads: 114
Joined: Jul 2014
City: Sneedville, TN
Just my two cents, but, from what I remember from working on these old analog TVs half a century ago, it looks like your horizontal hold and vertical hold are WAY out of adjustment. The horizontal hold accounts for the many narrow bands, and the vertical hold for the thicker rolling band. Adjust the vertical hold until the thick band stops rolling and you are left with just the narrow bands, then adjust the horizontal hold. As you do, you should see these many lines decrease, and decrease, until you have just one solid raster. Be aware, analog TV is no longer being broadcast. You will have to feed an appropriate signal into the set from an old VHS or DVD player which has an analog NTSB output. That will probably be 75 ohms, so you will need to get an adapter for 75 to 300 ohms, which was the standard input for the twinlead used back in the day. Also, without a signal to latch onto, you will have a very hard time getting a stable raster since the broadcast signal has a synch pulse used by the set to lock the frame scan. If you really want to do it right, I advise buying a vintage TV test pattern generator. They can be found on eBay.
[Image: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BkQAAOSwN...-l1600.jpg]
Messages In This Thread
RE: Recapped My Predicta Tandem, I don't know what to do - by mikethedruid - 01-16-2022, 05:05 PM
Users browsing this thread:
|
Recent Posts
|
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Yes, 57 is an electrolytic cap that should be 12 mfd 400 volts according to the parts list from the Phorum library schem...RodB — 06:01 PM |
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
|
Looks like if I am reading it correctly it looks like the silver capacitor#57 that appears to be a replacement is of a l...osanders0311 — 05:09 PM |
Philco model 38 code 121 not receiving signal.
|
Thanks Arran. Yeah this plastic is pretty thin. It's a little thinner than the original stuff. It kinda reminds me of p...Stormlord5500 — 04:37 PM |
Testing a speaker and output transformer Trutone A2-G
|
The equivalent of one short turn is basically the same as that of a shorted load.
If it is the primary's turn, then the ...morzh — 03:53 PM |
Testing a speaker and output transformer Trutone A2-G
|
I've never had an output transformer become shorted, the failure mode is usually an open primary, or in a center tapped ...Arran — 03:52 PM |
Philco model 38 code 121 not receiving signal.
|
As long as the plastic sheeting isn't too thick, I think that the thickness of photographic film would be just about rig...Arran — 03:19 PM |
Philco model 38 code 121 not receiving signal.
|
Well why not! :lol:Stormlord5500 — 03:14 PM |
Philco model 38 code 121 not receiving signal.
|
Good luck next thing you know you will be winding coils just for the fun of it. DavidDavid — 11:29 AM |
Testing a speaker and output transformer Trutone A2-G
|
morzh
Short-circuited turns can be considered as a half-dead transformer.
But on this case transformer will hot and s...Vlad95 — 11:01 AM |
Testing a speaker and output transformer Trutone A2-G
|
I am not sure how a transformer could be weak. It could be inadequate, but only when you replace the original with somet...morzh — 09:56 AM |
Who's Online
|
There are currently no members online. |
|

|