Murphy 80's Television Revival: Sparks Fly After Decades In Storage!

Here we have a Mid 80’s Murphy 2201ST CRT Television that i have owned for around 20 years.
Today i thought i would drag it from my loft space and fire it up.
I thought it was going well until i powered it up for the second time and bang!
Basically the Flyback transformer has leaked,probably due to the plastic cracking due to age.Years ago i remember temporarily repairing one with resin but it’s probably not a good idea these days haha
Anyway i will have a think where i will take this next,repair it,gut it and maybe add a modern display in there or maybe a display case in a Part 2
Thanks For Viewing
Neil GT

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Update: I have been made aware this is a Rediffusion mk4 Chassis and apparently it is worth saving.I will try and chase a new Flyback transformer,Tripler and pop a future video up.

[@YasmineCollects]

When you powered it on I was holding my breath 😂 I love the curved design of this screen

[@gtretroworld]

I wasn’t that keen on powering it up especially after how long it had been in storage then the excitement when it powered up was great but obviously not for long..🤣

[@YasmineCollects]

@@gtretroworld unpredictable little bugger 😂 braver than me

[@gtretroworld]

@YasmineCollects it’s only 20,000 volts 😬😂

[@lambrettadave7]

We called them goldfish bowls

[@lambrettadave7]

​@@gtretroworldprobably just a capacitor or two went down

[@andyparker7658]

Do you remember the blind TV engineer in middlesbrough Neil

[@gtretroworld]

I have no idea…is this for real?

[@andyparker7658]

@@gtretroworld yeah for real

[@gtretroworld]

@@andyparker7658 Scary…does the local engineer who played with this one ring a bell?

[@andyparker7658]

@@gtretroworld yeah I've heard of him

[@richardh100]

universal tripler and that's it fixed with a Focus pot

[@gtretroworld]

Out of interest are those universal tripler’s ok as they seem very cheap?

[@richardh100]

@@gtretroworld if you know how to wire it up it's a very easy repair if not you need to get a tripler at a separate Focus control

[@richardh100]

​@@gtretroworldfor a quick fix cover it with sealant silicon where it arks

[@gtretroworld]

@@richardh100 Years ago i used Araldite on a black & white portable but it didn’t last that long,i can still remember the smell 😂

[@johnstubbs1585]

I been waiting few years to see that lol should sold it to me back then lol i remember as a kid tv repair man coming to the house he once told me i had to stand back when he removed the back of tv as all the dead cowboys and indians might fall out hahahaha

[@gtretroworld]

Yeah i should have sold you it and let you have all the stink..😂..Tbh it should repair quite easily so I may give it a go,although i could also make a nice Tesla Coil,no joke…😂

[@johnstubbs1585]

@@gtretroworld or just remove the insides and put a modern flat screen in the case

[@gtretroworld]

@@johnstubbs1585 I’ll see how it goes over the next few days but that’s definitely a option.

[@lambrettadave7]

You can get a Freeview box that just connects to the rf ant connection

[@gtretroworld]

I might just have an old RF Freeview box somewhere Dave, good idea.

[@lambrettadave7]

@@gtretroworld I have 3 two by onn

[@lambrettadave7]

@@gtretroworld you could try a retro VHS or better still a nice betamax

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@@lambrettadave7 I have a few VHS Players one is a new sealed Mitsubishi.Those will be coming for the channel sometime.

[@lambrettadave7]

@@gtretroworld I have a sanyo front loading betamsx and two VHS's one awia and a brand new Sony in its box that's never been used