I recently acquired a AWA P1P for $35, have a look:-

Is that meant to read AWA P1P?

Yes, I apologise it's AWA P1P TV.

Photos uploaded.

Not much goes wrong with those, but there is a paper cap (that doesn't look like one) down along the bottom edge of the board.

Replace it, it mucks up the vertical.

Any white cylindrical cap branded "UCC Hi-Qual 100" (like this one) is a paper cap and needs to be replaced.

Take the back off and give it a bath. Doesn't matter if antenna rods get wet. The antenna wires unplug from the tuner. That will make a huge improvement to the look of the set.

Do you know how to clean the tuner contacts? Properly? They will need it.

Hi folks,
I too have recently acquired a P1Y. I brought up very slowly over 3 hours on the weekend. Everything glows as it should including picture tube, but there is no picture or sound and the dim bulb was glowing brightly at 200 volts. I'm going to change the paper and large electro caps in the coming weeks as it looks as though it has the potential to run.

One question, it has an 11TP4 CRT all my research suggests either a 11LP4 or AK11X2 CRT was fitted. The serial no. of the CRT is 23064.

I don't know to much about TV's (even though my father was the designer of 405 line sets in the UK in the early 1960's), radio's are my thing.

Don't worry about the electros, they will be OK (despite what you read on the US sites - that set probably has Elna electros). Even the blue Ducons will usually be OK if you bring them up gently on the dim bulb after their long hibernation.

Do you have a schematic? I could guide you through the fault finding process.

What wattage bulb are you using?

I also have one of these. There were two main generations of them, later models used a slightly larger CRT with square corners and a flatter screen.

Stay clear of the bushfires!

Hi Ian
I started with a 40 watt globe at 50 volts and over the 3 hours moved first to a 60 watt then a 100 watt globe, After the 3 hours the voltage was 230 volts. No idea of the power consumption as there is no label.

There's all sorts of caps in there, it's probably had some work done on it to say the least. Some of the electro's are blue Ducon's but one has been replaced with an anonymous gold one. There are the infamous white UCC paper caps, and a few Philips mustard caps, plus other brands, but no Elna's.

I'm still curious as to why mine has a 11 T P4 rather than the other two. Perhaps a replacement?

Thanks for the offer of a schematic, I'll take you up on that as I'm not sure of the version on RadioMuseum.

I believe it actually came from Broome on a trailer. Apparently he has three containers of radio stuff and brings a little every time they drive to Melbourne! It's all donated to the HRSA so we sell for whatever we can get.

I remember them from my stays in hospital in the early 70s where they were hired out to patients. I also remember a friend had one in their kitchen. Which revision I wouldn't have a clue. I and a few friends had Kriesler's that looked more modern. I spotted this one for $1 and thought it looked cute, but now it's almost working I'm going to restore it fully.

We are going to Canberra in the morning for a week. I'll try to post some pictures before we go.

The fires haven't affected me but some days the smoke has been bad. The North wind is blowing hard ATM so we are keeping an eye out for burning embers.

The AWA P1Y does indeed come with a 11TP4 CRT.

The schematic can be found at Kevin Chants site:

https://www.kevinchant.com/uploads/7/1/0/8/7108231/awa_p1y.pdf

Also see P1 service manual:

https://www.kevinchant.com/uploads/7/1/0/8/7108231/awa_p1.pdf