Ferguson 536T. A very (filthy) early1960s TV restoration

[@renatoscutube]

Very nice work. What disturbs me in that set is that horizontal sound, it's so loud...

[@michaelbarlow3686]

Thanks for a great production Rob

[@ianedwards468]

Nice to see one of these up amd running. This was I believe Fergs first fully printed circuit design and they clearly hadn't yet worked out that placing high temperature dropper resistors next to a PCB wasn't a terribly good idea! This era gave us some interesting cabinet designs and much thought was given to ease of servicing. The clever two-tier chassis with hinged boards would evolve into the popular 700-800-850 chassis which took the company (by then BRC) into the dual standard era. Those radiant screen Mullard CRTs seem to last forever, barring the odd heater-cathode short. Cheers, Ian E

[@Jesselovespinball]

Just found your channel, great work ! You have gained another subscriber. Cheers from America!

[@vintagetvandwireless]

Welcome aboard! 👍👍👍

[@sparkey1958]

great video, with one arm behind your back while on the live chassis...reminded me of my dad always telling me "one hand in your pocket or behind your back" he was a tv engineer for rediffusion and radio rentals among others...i work on valve audio gear, but still catch myself, with dads advice ringing my ears!

[@DavidBerquist334]

Never heard of Ferguson I heard of zenith rca philco general electric Magnavox Sony Telefunken

[@zombiebiker5581]

Mould you should wear a mask, mate. And clean outside with compressed air.

[@simonandrews5993]

Great video Rob. You are a bit of a genius. Thank you, Graham.

[@kinklesstetrode]

The first TV I ever repaired! Loved it. Great picture. Usual bottom cramp!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Vertical deflection was never very good in tube B&W sets. The bottom of the picture would always "ride up" and become compressed and/or fold-over..

[@georgekaplan6451]

Interesting to see wire wrap terminals in it. The back of the tuner looks like a small tunnel drilling head. 😁

[@videolabguy]

Great job, fella! You took the old Fergie girl from nasty back to beauty. There is something charming about low resolution TVs versus even the 625/525 sets. I am big fan of Baird 32 line NBTV sets myself. Simply because they work at all. 405 line sets like that are fantastic. My CBS color replica set is 405 line, albeit at 144 fields per second and it looks awesome. So, once again, congratulations on a job well done. Keeping the history alive.

[@burmesecolourneedles4680]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@radio-ged4626]

That Fergy is a really beautiful set. I had an HMV with a Thorn 1400 dual standard chassis (the old buzz-box) given to me when I was an apprentice TV engineer back in 1984 and I had it for a couple of years. I remember watching them switch off the 405 line VHF signal on the BBC it must have been around 1984/85. I continued to use it for another year on 625 UHF and then gave it away when I rented a colour set for a few quid at staff rates in 1985/6. I cut my teeth on the 1500 chassis - doing repairs, tube replacement, complete refurbs and extended soak test to many many sets. Using a very large soldering iron for the tuner bar. Happy days.

[@roberttucker805]

I remember soldering up the tuning bar. I'd forgotten all about it until reading your comment. The Bush Murphy four button tuners used to break the nylon cams. I've changed loads of them.

[@ChasLarge]

Nice one Rob, took me right back to my beginnings in the trade. Well done.

[@nickjervis8123]

Notice Hedghog converter. I have one and an Aurora.

[@siliconjunkie7297]

Thanks for taking the time to produce a great video. Like you I love fixing old valve radios and tv’s. I am bringing to life a PYE BV30 tv at present, a great way to while away a winters evening!

[@robharding5345]

Have to say, lovely set, but as you said, its quite filthy inside,

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Interesting troubleshooting and repair. 👍👍 Love the Philips PM5544 pattern. TV stations in Australia used to show a variation of that (around the late 1970's) either before their regular programs or prior to ending broadcast each night. The pattern was a rough guide to adjustment of the picture size/position in B&W sets and some early colour models which suffered convergence drift.

[@DavidBerquist334]

Beltron and sencor are the two crt testers I heard of

[@DavidBerquist334]

Never heard of Ferguson i heard of zenith rca philco general electric Magnavox Sony Telefunken philco admiral Motorola have you ever heard of the brands i listed

[@roberttucker805]

Ferguson was a British TV manufacturer. I doubt if they were exported apart from to Ireland. They were absorbed into the British radio corporation BRC along with several other brands. I think the last Ferguson televisions were made in the 1980's.

[@ericrawson2909]

Great video. Enjoyed it.

[@TheDripSpotter]

At Ferguson if You used the term “Condenser” people would scratch their heads where as the term Capacitor’s would be understood. The same goes for “Bypass Condenser” or “Bypass Capacitor” when the correct technical term is Coupling Capacitor.

[@minimaxxl8]

Very nice set, a true beauty. I'm quite surprised to see so many paper/wax capacitors still used? By the early '60 polyester-film capacitors were already readily available. And used by by large manufacturers like Philips. Was this a cost-cutting measure?

[@vintagetvandwireless]

I expect so. Ferguson was a cheaper brand of 'Thorn Group'

[@kinklesstetrode]

Bucket of 0.047ufs

[@DavidBerquist334]

Are the old TVs made for 110 volts before the standard was raised to 120 volts

[@vintagetvandwireless]

Hi. This is a UK set and runs at 240v. 50Hz. Although it does have a selector plug to range between 210 and 250v. In the 60s, we had different voltages depending on region.

[@coltronex]

Superb!

[@paulstubbs7678]

What an oldie, what did you end up doing with that open big power resistor, it wasn't in you pile of dead bits. Also, how do you generate a 405 line picture?

[@vintagetvandwireless]

I fitted a large aluminium clad power resistor onto the aluminium chassis.....worked a treat!

[@stickytapenrust6869]

9:35 - 1985, not 83.

[@vintagetvandwireless]

Yep....sorry. My mistake. Thanks for the correction

[@patrickdixon4945]

Nice job! How did you fix that dropper resistor?

[@vintagetvandwireless]

I completely forgot to include it in the video, sorry. I mounted an aluminium clad resistor to the large aluminium chassis....job done!

[@Stoney3K]

That tester adapter looks afwully precarious. I'd be very worried about getting the cable tangled in the wrong way or bumping the big box and accidentally necking a CRT.

[@Dickinsonradiotv]

I remember as a trainee engineer in the 90s , a Ferguson TX10, stuck together with nicotine 😮, it was vile. Tuner drawer was gunged up big style.

[@stevesje71]

Well done Rob great job and I agree there’s something about restoring an old tv, I think it’s the different stages you go through as it slowly comes back to life!

[@EstefaneAo.Maldonato]

Beautiful TV love love love Brazil 🤔💞💕💓❤️

[@jassenjj]

So nice to see this very beautiful set come to life. When it comes to the condensers - the brown dip capacitors are actually perfect and cheap. The only place where they could be somewhat "bad" to use is the audio coupling and shaping circuitry - if the sound is too grainy and/or "sharp", one might bother with some audio grade condensers.

[@BrumAdam]

A really nice set and good to see it working again after being dormant for so long. It was also interesting to discover that there is such a thing as a flatulent capacitor!

[@vintagetvandwireless]

🤣🤣

[@nicholasmason8302]

😂 love it!

[@techobaz55]

Great video Rob, I love TV's as well. I just finished a multipart Kriesler TV on KZbin as well. Was a hit ! Keep up the great work ! Baz

[@vintagetvandwireless]

Cheers Baz! 👍🏻

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

YOU SPED UP CLEANING THE TV HERE. **HOW DID YOU FIND MY FLUX CAPACITOR FROM ""BTTF1,2,3"" AND USE IT TO CLEAN YOUR TV. I TURNED OFF THE FLUX CAPACITOR 40 YEARS AGO. I AM GLAD IT IS STILL WORKING!!** -- MICHAEL J FOX