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1953 Philco 53-T1886 Code 125 AM/FM/Phono/TV Combo
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Quote:Sounds like a pretty nice set! If it's all original, it's probably a low hour. Not sure what to tell you on the tube test, My testers don't have that, but have a bunch of other stuff. It does sound promising tho. There are current limiting power supplies. I think Bob Anderson uses one. A dim bulb isn't hard to make. Just a cord with a socket in series on one leg. I made one similar to Shango with the bypass switch.
Def need to get rid of those firecrackers (Bumblebees), but I've brought 'em up with them before. Snip out the "death cap", across the AC line. But, beingstho its been powered up already, hum means open caps. You could jump them and do a slow powerup to see what you have. Again, keep the brightness turned way down in case (likely) you don't have vertical sweep. Sneak it up slowly if you have HV and see what you have.
The Picture tube Tester I have is a B & K Picture Tube Tester Model 453 which I have all of the paper work for it but it doesn't really do a good job at explaining the Normal vs. Special switch settings for the meter and what tubes it should be used on. 

I did get a Sam's Folder Ordered for this TV, and I also have the Sam's Folder for the Record player portion of the TV as well.

The Radio Chassis portion of the TV just has 4 capacitors in it, and I don't think it will be too hard to repair that. the TV's RF/IF section has about 15 capacitors and that shouldn't be too hard to do, its the Power Supply/Sweep/HV section that's going to be a little trickier to do, because it has about 2 dozen bumblebee caps, and then 3 can caps (of which 2 of the can caps are single section units and one is a 3 section unit) and then it has 2 large Selenium Rectifiers which I am guessing will need to be replaced with Silicone Diodes of some sort (probably something larger than 1N4007s).

The Cabinet has beautifully grained Mahogany, and it has the old "Oriental" style cabinet Pulls (like the ones you find on old Chinese and Japanese Furniture.)


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462ron - by 462ron - 12-05-2025, 10:00 AM
RE: 1953 Philco 53-T1886 Code 125 AM/FM/Phono/TV Combo - by captainclock1988 - 12-19-2025, 03:32 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 12-21-2025, 09:19 AM



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