RCA ES-402BEN
Trixter192, Mohka988, Luke Evans Simon
February 1, 2025, 4:51 pm
August 26, 2025, 5:05 pm
February 1, 2025, 4:51 pm
August 26, 2025, 5:05 pm
Summary
The RCA ES-402BEN Color Television was the last hybrid set that RCA made. It is estimated to have been built and sold in the late 1960s or even early 70s, due to the fact it still uses vacuum tubes over transistors in a hybrid fashion (CTC-53 chassis).
One noteworthy detail is that the CRT is a low voltage Einzel lens type, sinilar to the GE Portacolor.
Vacuum tubes are used for deflection, color demodulation, and video amplification.
Manuals
None available at this time.
Notes
Submitter recommends a good cleaning if not already cleaned and make sure every tube and cap is still good and ready for use.
This CRT is confirmed to be a hot chassis, possibly with very slow high voltage bleeding.
Hot Chassis means that "ground" on the chassis is tied to one side of the AC input from the wall, and touching it with your hand will complete a live circuit through your body to earth ground if the CRT is plugged into an AC outlet. The proper way to avoid this danger is to use an isolation transformer to isolate the CRT from earth ground and prevent electrocuting yourself.
Very slow high voltage bleeding means the picture tube itself retains a considerable amount of energy until manually discharged with an appropriate tool. Once discharged, remove the anode cap to prevent any static electricity recharging capacitors on the main board. There also may be stored energy on any capacitors near the flyback - look for 200v+ rated capacitors which are directly on the screen/G2 circuit and short them safely with a cheap set of discharge probes off Amazon. Repeat the same process for any large-diameter power supply filter capacitors to ensure the board is completely drained of energy.
Hot Chassis means that "ground" on the chassis is tied to one side of the AC input from the wall, and touching it with your hand will complete a live circuit through your body to earth ground if the CRT is plugged into an AC outlet. The proper way to avoid this danger is to use an isolation transformer to isolate the CRT from earth ground and prevent electrocuting yourself.
Very slow high voltage bleeding means the picture tube itself retains a considerable amount of energy until manually discharged with an appropriate tool. Once discharged, remove the anode cap to prevent any static electricity recharging capacitors on the main board. There also may be stored energy on any capacitors near the flyback - look for 200v+ rated capacitors which are directly on the screen/G2 circuit and short them safely with a cheap set of discharge probes off Amazon. Repeat the same process for any large-diameter power supply filter capacitors to ensure the board is completely drained of energy.
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Specifications | |
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Brand: | RCA |
Manufacturer: | RCA |
Model: | ES-402BEN |
Series: | ES |
Viewable Size: | 18" |
Inputs: | RF |
Native Resolutions: | 240p, 480i |
Horizontal Scan Range: | 15 kHz |
Vertical Scan Range: | 60 Hz |
Formats: | NTSC |
Aspect: | 4:3 |
Adjustments: | External Potentiometers |
Tube: | RCA , 18VDP22 |
Mask: |
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Removable Glare Film: | No |
Speakers: | Mono |
Chassis: | CTC-53 |
Application: | Consumer |
Cabinet Material: | Plastic |
Country of Manufacture: | USA |
Market: | North America |
Power Standard: | 120v |
Mounting: | Table Surface (Standard), Carrying Handle |
Tag: | Needs Owners Manual, Needs Service Manual, Needs Measurements, Needs Yoke Info, Needs Tube Info, Community Submission |