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1953 Emerson 724

klondike98
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12-15-2023, 11:02 PM

All put back together and cleaned up. All said, it wan't really a very challenging restoration. A little refreshing of the EMERSON lettering, repro knobs on the clock alarm and on-off switch, some general cleaning and a light wax polish on the plastic. The chassis was aligned pretty well when I checked it. A new pilot lamp was installed, the 50C5 tube was replaced and the caps were stuffed. All the resistors were within spec. Easy peasy...

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Bob
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1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-08-2023, 01:43 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by David - 12-08-2023, 06:05 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-08-2023, 06:59 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by radiorich - 12-08-2023, 08:01 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-09-2023, 05:15 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by David - 12-09-2023, 09:16 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-13-2023, 08:47 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by David - 12-14-2023, 12:50 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-15-2023, 11:02 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by Paul Philco322 - 12-16-2023, 12:27 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by klondike98 - 12-16-2023, 12:54 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by GarySP - 12-16-2023, 02:17 PM

RE: 1953 Emerson 724 - by Eliot Ness - 12-19-2023, 08:24 PM

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