Barn Find Adventure - Antique TV - Will It Work?

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

To learn electronics in a very different and effective way, and gain access to Mr Carlson's personal designs and inventions, visit the Mr Carlson's Lab Patreon page here: www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab

[@killerdeamonking]

Hello Mr.Carlson , i have a rather odd question for you. I have been working on a classic car for a few years now and am in a little pickle here, I want to convert my incandescent Dash lights over to LED but all the LED bulb designs are subpar in terms on how they throw the light out into the cluster area. The way my cluster is setup it seems to be a reflector type setup where the cluster faces are solid and the light you see is shined through a gap between the glass and the dial face. I have been thinking about getting a set of 5mm LED's to make my own Bulbs ( I have not checked the Incandescent bulb sizes yet in MM as there are 2 different size bulbs ) , im wondering how one would drive 8 Bulbs from a circuit board with wires to each bulb. Now my main question is , do you think its possible to control the led's brightness based on the original Dimmer switch on the car as i don't want to start modifying any of the original wiring. The dimmer switch would be done by variable Voltage controlling. I haven't decided if its easier to use 5mm bulbs or using the little rectangle leds , Reason being is i am almost tempted to try changing which bulbs illuminate should i do a 3 color setup where i can push a button or switch a selector switch under the dash to go from something like Green , Warm white and white as the colors. Is there away to do a variable resistor type setup on a circuit board to achieve brightness controlling based on the rheostat input voltage to the board? I don't like the idea that normal socket type leds burn out because they are over bright due to incorrect internal resistors. I would rather have a traditional LED that dims naturally as it goes away but also dim able by me but replaceable just as easily. Thanks , ZD

[@only257]

Agreed 📺😊

[@MrPatdeeee]

Dear Carlson you have caused tears of nostalgia in me now. IE: I was a TV technician for 45 yrs. 33 with RCA Service Co. And I was an instructor at RCA's colleges; for a long time. Thus, what you did is what I have done untold times. Wow! Thank you kind Sir for doing this.

[@danieldoss1987]

I just want to personally thank you sir for fixing the horizonal hold on the televisions of my childhood. Always seemed like the horizontal hold was the first to go.

[@MrPatdeeee]

@@danieldoss1987 Dear person, did you not mean your reply to be for Carlson?

[@bradbeasley7669]

cool beans good sir spent many a moon in a mom and pop tv repair shop my self

[@danieldoss1987]

@@MrPatdeeee Nope! I was talking to you brother. Back in the day, good TV repairmen walked on water!

[@MrPatdeeee]

@@danieldoss1987 Thank you.

[@russellross4045]

OUTSTANDING ENDING!!! BTW, I couldn't find your channel on ch 3. Ha, ha, ha. My grandpa was a T.V. repairman who fixed T.V.'s for little old ladies from my grandma's church. Never asked a dime from them but he got fat on all the cakes and cookies given him by these sweet ladies. I got started by going down to the basement, where he had his workshop, and we would listen to his old Midland shortwave set, with all the lights turned off. Hours listening to the BBC and VOA transmissions of world news. Civil wars in Africa, Cuban missel crisis. All this from a groundwave antenna, wrapped around the foundation of the house. Went into the Marine Corps and became a radio technician. PRC-25/77's, Prc-41's, Prc-47, Mrc-83/87's, Mrc-110's, Mrc-135's, and my favorite Trc-75's/TSC-15's. Stayed 20 yrs and retired just before Grenada. Then I got into Cb's. After that, IBM pc's. Ah the computer age. Started building my own. Still do. Using a workstation HP-400 for gaming. It's what I'm typing on right now. Starting up in SDR's. I love your video's and will be becoming a Patreon soon. Semper Fidelis, Sensei.

[@roncaruso931]

Mr. CarlsonsLab is better than the junk on TV these days. You look good in analog electronics.

[@sveinfarstad3897]

Sure!

[@ianprestleton2081]

Hello I'm Ian from Birmingham in the United Kingdom i trained to be a television engineer back in the late 1970's / early 1980's after leaving school and prior going on to do other things. I am now retired and i restore vintage televisions as a hobby and i just wanted to say its great to see that you have a television set on your workbench at long last and i hope to see more television restorations very soon thank you please keep up the good work, Ian.

[@davidportch8837]

love the end Paul...

[@PatrickSilvestri-cg7bq]

Has a TV technician for 45 years. I still love repairing the old sets because you can still get tubes for them. This was a very great video and brought back a lot of memories from when I was a kid and when I had my shop once in a while, I’ll find a TV like this in a thrift store. They’re only five to $10 but I have to have them it’s the nostalgia and yet once in a while someone will see the TV in my shop And they want to buy it just for the nostalgia because their grandmother had one. Great work, Mr. Carlson. Thanks for the memories. sitting on shelf and want to buy it just because their grandmother had one so they’re still sellable but you have to be patient.

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Thanks for sharing your story Pat!

[@tonyking9235]

MR C YOU JUST TOOK ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS AS POOR AS A CHURCH MICE . AND I HAD ONE TV FOR SOUND AND ANOTHER ONE FOR THE PICTURE. 😂😂 MOST PEOPLE TO DAY DONT KNOW HOW TO CHANG A , LIGHT BULB 😂😂😂😂BUT I THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU MR C .

[@patrickmiller-m3x]

This video just brought back memories , Please restore this tv thanks

[@McTroyd]

That was awesome using the TV itself for the outro. Probably the first video it's played in a long time. One of these days, maybe for April Fools Day, consider building a "time machine" and show us how you get these nice pieces. 😆👍

[@senilyDeluxe]

Ask Techmoan if he lets you borrow his :-)

[@McTroyd]

A neat idea, but I'm sure Mr. Carlson's will be better-engineered. @@senilyDeluxe

[@theplateisbad1332]

An episode from the past, in black and white and contemporary clothing would be cool.

[@McTroyd]

That would be kind of cool. Maybe Mr. C has an old video camera in his collection.@@theplateisbad1332

[@ChrisdeHaan]

This brings back memories of growing up with my dad working at a TV and appliance repair shop. First place I learned electronics and started my love and fascination with technology, radio and electronics.

[@MadScientist267]

Yep my uncle repaired them, used to give me dead tuners to play with. Same outcome.. I'm heavy into electronics today... And there's something purely magical about tubes and particularly the CRT. I have a few samples around I intend to do something with someday but... 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@djsi38t]

What a gem!...RCA was king...my dad bought the top of the line RCA floor model in 1985 with remote control!!! and that remote had about 40 buttons which was unheard of in the early eighties.Everyone was amazed by the new technology.That tv lasted 25 years before being retired..still working..

[@loumontcalm3500]

"We control the vertical, we control the horizontal" I watched that show on a set like this.

[@chrisreynolds6331]

Outer limits?

[@haircut2015]

Other than the Twilight zone 98% of TV is mindless....

[@Fredy5100]

So good to finally see a TV on the workbench... thank you Mr. Carlson. :)

[@ScoutCrafter]

What a great ending. 😃👍

[@challenger2ultralightadventure]

I can imagine that TV in a hotel room on some remote highway, along with the "magic fingers vibrating bed", shag carpet and big glass ashtrays on the cheap night stand. Cheers from Winnipeg.

[@carolriley9392]

This is the first time I've seen the master work on a tv! Wow great honor!! 😊

[@lelandclayton5462]

I had one of those back in the late 90's when I was a teenager. Bought it for 15 bucks at a garage sale. Funny thing was I had a PlayStation hooked up to it and played Resident Evil 2 on it. Made the game so much scarier.

[@larrysmith9359]

Not bad at all for a CRT image. In 1973 I built a Heathkit color TV. I got some real experience in soldering. It was a lot of fun!😅

[@ghohenzollern]

When my parents bought our first computer, a Timex Sinclair, we only had one television, but my grandparents had an old black and white set they gave us to use with it. And this is the exact model and color of that set. I hadn't thought about it in years.

[@boingaon]

YES ! Television! I have over 60 CRT televisions from every era, and am excited to start restoring them myself.

[@panthony1525]

All Mr. Carlson would have to do is smile at the TV and it would spring into life. Nice to see a TV on the bench tho.

[@mortjoer]

I appreciate you putting the outro on that old telly ^^

[@brucejenner5856]

A very interesting departure from the normal, but always absorbing repairs from Mr Carlson. Best part was the farewell message displayed on the vintage TV! Great touch!

[@user-qj5cu2xj8t]

Would have liked to see what DTV signals he could pick up on that TV (through a converter box) using the 3-6-9 antenna.

[@W4GHW]

I love the ending!!! Back in the day, I actually worked on one of those. Man, you brought back some memories. Thanks!!!

[@jhoughjr1]

Pretty good picture

[@gwesco]

When I was in High School back in the 60's, my neighbor had a TV repair shop in his garage. I used to hang out there and help him out. He often used the brute force method of just swapping parts. I once showed him with an oscilloscope that the expensive flyback transformer was not bad. It was just the horizontal oscillator not running. Eventually went on to a career in telecom and spent nearly 30 years working on Nortel PBX's.

[@davidbrittenham4631]

Ah, yes, Nortel, of Northern Telecom fame. I worked for many years installing, programming and maintaining Northern's SL-1 and it's later versions, then the Meridian and Option series. I loved that job. I could still program one today from memory if you sat the TTY terminal in front of me. I retired from the phone company in 1992 and was shocked when I learned Northern Telecom was no more. Good old days. And, I too, started out as a TV and radio repairman right out of high school, class of '72, with absolutely no training at all, just the knowledge of electronics I had learned as a ham radio operator, starting at age 12. I bluffed my way for a couple of weeks until I got the TV circuits figured out, then went on to own my repair shop for a while before deciding the telephone company was where I wanted to make my career.

[@gwesco]

Ah yes, the KSR-43 tty that came with the early Nortel PBX's. I eventually connected ours up to a serial port on my 286 computer. No more pin feed paper and I could just capture the error and maintenance messages to disk. We started with an SL-1N and I upgraded it many times to an 81C and was going to upgrade to Succesion but left the company after 32 years before I had the chance. Ended up teaching Linux, Windows Server and VoIP at the local community college for 12 years before I finally retired.

[@robertsteven108]

This is the first time I've seen you work on a TV... thanks for the change, it was very interesting. My favorite vids are your antique radio restorations. Thanks for sharing! All my best...Bob.

[@RaggedyAtom]

The fact you were able to broadcast your outro on that thing is insane! The video quality and sound is actually pretty good despite the TV being old as time itself.

[@elmofeneken4364]

Today's kind of a boring day. Just came in after shoveling snow and there's nothing good on TV, until I saw Mr. Carlson on TV in black and white. Enjoyed this one! Better than shoveling snow.

[@kendom33]

Great ending too. Many thanks

[@markoszouganelis5755]

...νοσταλγία="nostalghia", in Greek is "homesickness" but in the light romantic way! That is what I felt when I watched this video! I remember when 13 years old (back on 1970) I repaired our TV set from a broken cathode ray tube (screen), having very little knowledge in electronics by that time, but I finally did it! I remember first testing it (sound) by adding a homemade resistor, (lots of thin covered copper wire), in series with the filaments of the rest of the tubes (to substitute the load of the cathode ray tube by not having any idea what resistor I would use not even having one) and next step, ordering a new CRT, (from Athens, Greece), to replace it and I remember how happy this repair made me and not only to watch TV! So I loved electronics and become an electronic technician from then on! Thank you Mr. Carlson!🌈🕊😊♾

[@kahlid-ataya]

at last my dream is coming true a TV @ Mr carlson lab.

[@jassenjj]

The isolation of the sound and the picture is great and the lack of paper capacitors in the set definitely make this an easy job - the set practically worked.

[@cdnpont]

I never thought I'd say it, rarely ever seen anymore, but there is still a charm to a low res BW image. Thanks for this.

[@danielconant749]

Capacitors reforming. Words I never thought I would hear Mr. Carlson say.

[@davelowets]

Why not? It's a REAL phenomonon..

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video Mr Carlson sir you are awesome. many things you revealed on this tv thanks thanks sir 👍 😊 ❤

[@davido.hamilton3254]

Thanx Mr. Carlson. It's the 1st. time for me that I've watched you working on a television, and you don't even need latex gloves like shango 066!

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

This TV is in beautiful cosmetic shape!! I wish that TV is now had this much personality in their design!! The electronics in this one aged surprisingly well too!😮

[@memejeff]

Amazing video. Glad to see that everything was working. Never had heard about nuvistors before this video.

[@danielromero640]

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks. Mr Carlson

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

You are very welcome

[@bobbressi5414]

I am grateful to you and those like you, who study these outdated technologies to keep a critical part of history alive.

[@tb4876]

Wow its my favorite TV show!

[@davelowets]

22:05 Ditto... 👍 I remember as a young boy always peering intonthe slots of the case in any vacuum tube equipment, and being mesmerized by the glowing tubes in there that were passing and amplifying a signal through nothing but empty space. I had a basic understanding of how vacuum tubes worked back then, and I was amazed at how such a simple device could work as well they do. I still love vacuum tubes today. The circuits aroumd them are so simple. My favorite application for tubes is in audio equipment. Although tubes are not great at shoving mounds of current through low impedance loads, such as speakers, the ultimate circuit for a tube audio amplifier (to me) is an all tube front-end, followed by a beefy MOSFET final current stage. Bliss... 😉

[@yambo59]

Im 64 and grew up with CRT tube sets, this ones working amazingly well for its age, quick search shows two variants - the "new vista" (black and white) and "new vista color" both made from about 1962 to 1972. I had two newer Sharp 20" CRT color TV's that worked without repair for around 20 years before I finally turned them in still working great for scrap recycling. Had many other tube sets I remember since I was a kid, admiral, RCA wood console, Panasonic, as well as crt monitors & one like new 17" Dell CRT I hated to turn in cause I got it new in the box as new old stock and it worked perfect - but I got tired of hulking them around along with larger color CRT's that weighed a ton. So much easier to move a flat screen, but it seemed almost like I didnt want to get rid of them like some piece of my childhood history - lol

[@kenhouser1753]

Thanks for sharing that with us! I started TV repair in January 1973 with the local RCA dealer/repair shop. The XL-100 had just arrived, but we did many tube sets of all brands. TV repair is pretty much gone now, but I still do industrial electronics, thanks to all the experience of television service. Thanks again!

[@rohnkd4hct260]

Those old sets were tuff! They were made to work and to last. Worked on many a set. LOL can't remember the last time i heard the word "raster."

[@Jody-kt9ev]

This set is a member of what RCA called its "Walkabout" portable TV family. It is from 1961(Sams 353-1). I have three of these from a TV shop that I cleaned out. I have mostly restored two of them. One of the restored ones has a weak CRT and wants to roll vertically until it warms up. The other has AGC issues with the strong DTV converter box signals. I also have another member of the "Walkabout" family. This was the deluxe member with a power transformer and a 6BQ5 audio output tube. The set in the video is series string and uses a 6AQ5 audio output tube.

[@Ricardo90]

Televisor bem projetado! Sua bancada também. Parabéns!

[@rillloudmother]

the sound of your audio coming through the TV speaker reminds me of the sound of my grandma's kitchen TV circa 1977.

[@buriedbits6027]

I really like the attention to tube technology.

[@SDS-1]

Heck yeah Carlson and Shango TV videos today ❤❤

[@soundmankreek]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally, a TV! I simply CAN'T WAIT for you to go deeper into televisions! Very much looking forward to it!

[@MrBonez208]

The yoke has / had rubber wedges along with the clamp to hold it in place on the neck of the tube. A lot of the time, the top wedge disintegrates and the top of the yoke falls forward against the tube, deforming the top of the picture. Usually in a color set this would cause purity issues. Color tv would use a solid color usually green, then check red and blue for no dark spots. A B/W would just be the single adjustment and a solid raster without dark spots. To adjust Purity, is the main adjustment for yoke alignment on the neck. The distance from it to the back of the CRT. The centering rings are just that. To center the picture. The vertical and horizontal controls on the back of the set are for the overall picture and not the center. A wedge on the top of the yoke and a little finesse of the clamp would help the focus and linearity of the top half of the picture. Color sets and static focus or dynamic convergence. Big screens with three individual CRT’s having to overlap picture (converge) would have guys tweaking for hours. Convergence adjustment was analog, then became digital. It’s a lost art, to know which adjustments did what and what to move for correction. Very cool find and nice to see it still in an operational condition.

[@patricknesbitt4003]

I always tried to avoid loosening the yoke clamp on really old or high mileage TVs. Had too many of the little tabs under the clamp go brittle and just snap off from the yoke.

[@ToobTime]

I remember the TV shops had a mirror ready. The tech would place the mirror in front of the picture tube then make adjustments safely in the back while keeping an eye on the mirror. I also remember a rotary table, perhaps from a bar stool to easily rotate the set as needed.

[@AllLoudNation365]

I love the high frequency ringing these CRTs make.

[@jamied2108]

Nice start getting a raster on first power up. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@Bata.andrei]

I learned electronics by helping my grandpa fix old black and white (sometimes colour) tv sets. I was 10, maybe 12 years old... I am 42 now and never stopped learning and practicing electronics. Thanks for the memories!

[@gauravgulati3693]

Super! Thanks for sharing Paul.

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

My pleasure!

[@StevePietras]

All you need is a DTV set-top box converter to receive 8VSB and MeTV. Then you can watch classic shows on a vintage set!

[@jonathanwhiteside6092]

My uncle was a TV repairman many years ago when valve TVs were the top tier technology. He would approve :). Also looks like it can straight out of Fallout!

[@Romantyk_Zagrebelski]

Thank You Carlson! Vintage tv restoration is a good idea.❤

[@mattheweurich33]

I had a set just like this one, in my bedroom when I was growing up. However, the set in the video doesn't appear to have UHF tuner. Still brings back memories of my childhood!

[@egomezmx65]

Awesome! thanks for doing a TV! the idea at the end was awesome!

[@larrynelson3329]

Awesome style little TV. Bet it would clean up and shine like new.

[@rodleger7132]

This brings back memories of my dad's electronic business. He and his Tech's used a mirror on a stand to align the CRT images. The mirror would reflect the image. This way they could see the screen without having to switch between front and back of The TV.

[@doctorjohn-burgtekie]

Mr. Carlson now your a TV star keep up the good work and thank you.

[@4nk8r]

That was refreshing . 2024 off with a bang :)

[@Micotech1]

Hi Paul, I had the same TV 50 years ago it was all the same colour plastic.

[@renejensen5656]

Bring back memories from my time as a repair tech here in Denmark, long time since 4:3 SD 525/625 televisions , now im on the side of the transmitter. Been with our national broadcaster for 32 years now as a projectmanager doing constructions of television facilities

[@neiltheplayer]

OMG we had one of those when i was a youngster - WOW!

[@EriksElectronicsWorkbench]

Paul, on your Sencore VG91 I noticed the LCD display backlight did not turn on when you hit the power switch. Did you know the backlight is adjustable? Take the top cover off and look at the backside of the front panel circuit board near the LCD. You will see a small recessed potentiometer. It varies the backlight intensity. When I first got my VG91 the backlight was turned off. I didn't know it had a backlight until I saw the adjustment on the schematic! It lights up a nice white color. -Erik

[@SeattlePioneer]

I homebrewed my novice CW transmitter largely from parts that came from an old television chassis I bought for 50 cents at St Vincent De Paul. This was circa 1970. Of particular value were the power transformer, rectifier tube for the power supply and sweep tubes for the oscillator and amplifier.

[@peterburi2727]

Nice, you are an amazing man. Thank you!

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

I appreciate that!

[@mrt7152]

Neat looking little tv

[@mikepettengill2706]

Love the outtro! cool TV!

[@njphilwt]

Awesome ending!

[@7649angel]

Thank you.great fun!

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@peteb2]

Oh the memories come flooding back! TV servicing for a while in my electronics career. Most times the TV was set upon it's own small footprint cart same as workbench height that it could easily be swung to face the Mirror Wall (which incidentally made the workshop appear a huge place). You could maneuver the Set close enough to test sources and reach to measure voltages. In my country when Colour came no sets had valves (tubes) so all that experience & knowledge just went out the door...

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

Pretty much serviceable. 10:23 10:40 overscan is spot on it seems. 15:28 here we go. 17:25 there be volts in here!.

[@larrysmith9359]

I love all your test equipment!

[@AK-vx4dy]

I one book i read this was a method of apprentice "selection". When group of curious kids stormed technican shop, then he pulled cover of old tube radio, powered it and tell kids to watch after a while most kids were bored and flee play elsewhere but sometimes on kid stayed fascinated....

[@RobKoll]

Yes this brings back memories of Times back. Despite being very well equiped one tool is missing. I had way back in time a setu with mirror. I could be wokring from the tv backside and see comfortabel the screen! Very nice to see this.

[@paulsullivan6392]

Just a few things lacking. My youth, you in our living room kneeling behind our Philco TV with your viewing mirror on a stand in front of the TV and your tube caddy by your side. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Though somewhat belated, ....may 2024 bring you good fun, good fortune and good health. 73 / W6VPS

[@dankc2434]

Back when I was doing tv work as a side job, a lot of complaints were "it needs a new picture tube, the color is just not good anymore." I may have been too honest, but I cleaned the tube before making any adjustments. At work we have a fleet of color RCA sets with that mini-tube in the tuner. I saw only one fail in the many years we ran those tv's. I also see you missing one vital piece of tv service equipment, a good mirror... ;) Like your videos, jealous of your shop and the time to have projects. Most of my equipment was lost to a basement flood.

[@RobertKohut]

Great ending... 🙂

[@mariom.9472]

The outro was awsome!

[@robinbrowne5419]

It looks like the TV we had back in the 60s. My sister and I used to watch Hercules cartoons on Sunday morning when my Dad wanted to sleep in. So we had to keep it quiet and sit really close. But then my mother would say "Don't sit so close, you will ruin your eyes." And we used to look in the grill in the back and see the orange glowing tubes. Ahh.. the good old days. Cheers :-)

[@Greg-et2dp]

Mr Carlsons lab you are good at restoring antique radios and alignment of antique radios restoring antique tv sets my friend

[@danielknepper6884]

And don't you ever forget it greg

[@johnhillside9105]

😮boy..... I really liked this moment. I'm going into my Eighth Decade now as of the 3rd and Lo and Behold I see my RCA right there. This sat on a stand which would roll around. I see the window for the channel,... but I think differently about the knobs,... anyway. I watched the Apollo Moon Landing and I was talking this TV to Crooked Creek School for the Mercury Flights. Gee,...gee, gee..

[@radiorexandy]

Nice video! Imagine, a 60-plus years' old television working "right out of the barn."

[@maxwedge1]

WHOA! RF signal generator @ 11:35! Upper right hand corner. I have what I think is NOS one from 1948ish. I’ll have to take a closer look.

[@kylefafnis]

While I like modern digital, and high definition video, I still kind of miss the analog world. The way analog television worked was quite magical. So much time and engineering went into making that work.

[@lopermachine]

Patina TV. Also I would buy a “sketchy line cord” shirt. Very cool outro btw

[@BearStar1]

I owned a Curtis Mathes 25 '' Color Console Cabinet TV that I bought brand new in May 1984 from Doyle & Ron's House of Curtis Mathes on N. Gray Street in Killeen , TX and it was still working up to May of 2023 when a Power Surge during a major Storm fried the power supply and the CRT ! 39 Years ! Curtis Mathes built the best TVs of all time !! Lightning hit a Power Sub Station and it created a Voltage Spike and Surge which fried my Computer, my Printer and the TV .

[@charlottejet4338]

Reminds me when I was in technical college, late 80s working on old TV's.

[@m3ntalify]

Great twist at the end with the picture. Well done! :)

[@michaelmoore7975]

Ahhhh....a TV from back in the day the nearest kid was your remote/tuner. I remember those days well. My arms are still sore.

[@wayner-model5880]

Excellent. Thing is probably 70 years old. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jhoughjr1]

That’s a beauty. I use my trinitron CRT to collect smoke