10-04-2011, 02:56 PM
Hi Alan, and welcome!
Keith has given you some good advice. I also resleeve the original wires with color-coded heat shrink tubing. A heat gun set on low, or an Aladdin lamp, will shrink the tubing for you.
A comment on what Keith said re: using the same colors as the original. I have run across Philcos of the same model number that do not use the same color rubber insulation. It appears that at times, they just used whatever they had on hand at the time rather than adhering to any sort of a standard. It looks like they only adhered to a standard on IF transformer leads, for the most part.
I've had enough of those nightmare sets cross my bench, so I'm pretty well versed on Philcos with rubber-covered wiring. And I still dislike working on them. But they usually do reward your efforts with very good performance, especially the larger multi-tube models.
Keith has given you some good advice. I also resleeve the original wires with color-coded heat shrink tubing. A heat gun set on low, or an Aladdin lamp, will shrink the tubing for you.
A comment on what Keith said re: using the same colors as the original. I have run across Philcos of the same model number that do not use the same color rubber insulation. It appears that at times, they just used whatever they had on hand at the time rather than adhering to any sort of a standard. It looks like they only adhered to a standard on IF transformer leads, for the most part.
I've had enough of those nightmare sets cross my bench, so I'm pretty well versed on Philcos with rubber-covered wiring. And I still dislike working on them. But they usually do reward your efforts with very good performance, especially the larger multi-tube models.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
