01-12-2017, 12:11 PM
Got a little further along today by checking all the transformers and coils. I thought I was in deep doo doo when the primary on the power transformer showed open but quickly found that the ON-OFF switch was bad. Bypassed that switch and all was good as were all the other coils & transformers!!! 
As I mentioned earlier, there are no added caps or resistors to the set.
I'm wondering if perhaps the ON-OFF switch went bad and the owners just put the radio aside to fix later and just never got it fixed.....perhaps to let it wait around for 84 years for me
. There are some non-Philco tubes so there was at least some level of service but there are also still several globe Philco tubes in the set.
The ON-OFF switch is a mechanical lever device that toggles one of those old toggle switches. I don't think you can open those up for repair...has anyone ever fixed one? Here's a pic of it out of the set.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3khg6c038jp59....jpg?raw=1]
As I mentioned earlier, there are no added caps or resistors to the set.
I'm wondering if perhaps the ON-OFF switch went bad and the owners just put the radio aside to fix later and just never got it fixed.....perhaps to let it wait around for 84 years for me
. There are some non-Philco tubes so there was at least some level of service but there are also still several globe Philco tubes in the set. The ON-OFF switch is a mechanical lever device that toggles one of those old toggle switches. I don't think you can open those up for repair...has anyone ever fixed one? Here's a pic of it out of the set.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3khg6c038jp59....jpg?raw=1]
