GEC BT 302 - picture - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

System A · 19th Sep 2006, 9:02 pm

Hi here's a picture of my latest TV. I was visiting my friend and he showed me the BVWS DVD of the GEC factory making these sets. I told him I would love one of those sets and he said he had a one in his cellar. His family have had it since new and it even has the instruction book. It had been stored since 1966. At the moment it's getting used to the open air before I fire it up on a variac. Regards, G.P.

jay_oldstuff · 19th Sep 2006, 11:07 pm

Just a word of caution.
In the one I am working on at the moment, every single Hunts Moldseal was leaky, S/C or O/C. I would strongly advise at least changing the HT decouplers and coupling caps; running it up on a variac won't reform these and some can go with quite a pop.

Jay

19th Sep 2006, 9:02 pm	#1
System A Pentode Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: County Durham, UK. Posts: 234	GEC BT 302 - picture Hi here's a picture of my latest TV. I was visiting my friend and he showed me the BVWS DVD of the GEC factory making these sets. I told him I would love one of those sets and he said he had a one in his cellar. His family have had it since new and it even has the instruction book. It had been stored since 1966. At the moment it's getting used to the open air before I fire it up on a variac. Regards, G.P. Attached Thumbnails

19th Sep 2006, 11:07 pm	#2
jay_oldstuff Octode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hyde, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 1,074	Re: Gec Bt 302 Just a word of caution. In the one I am working on at the moment, every single Hunts Moldseal was leaky, S/C or O/C. I would strongly advise at least changing the HT decouplers and coupling caps; running it up on a variac won't reform these and some can go with quite a pop. Jay __________________ The light at the end of the tunnel is probably the headlight of an oncoming train