05-15-2009, 08:41 PM
Thank you for a little history and technology. It means a whole lot more that don't worry
Yes, I did replace every paper capacitor and it took some desoldering of a wire or two to get to the capacitors. I also took the liberty of replacing the old wires with cracked plastic insulation. Curious, my radio has a mix of cloth and plastic insulation. Would I be correct to assume that was from prior service or were companies using what they could by 1940? Some of the wires with the plastic insulation are sure tucked away nice, neat and tight around the sockets and I can't imagine a service repair is the source of that.
I'll check the output transformer, resistors and the tubes in that order since I can do the first two rather easily. If that doesn't work I'll have to hounddog someone with and tube tester that can accept the older tubes.
I'm a little slow a first but I'll keep the post going until it's working right.
By the way, the jewel is missing. No big surprise.
Yes, I did replace every paper capacitor and it took some desoldering of a wire or two to get to the capacitors. I also took the liberty of replacing the old wires with cracked plastic insulation. Curious, my radio has a mix of cloth and plastic insulation. Would I be correct to assume that was from prior service or were companies using what they could by 1940? Some of the wires with the plastic insulation are sure tucked away nice, neat and tight around the sockets and I can't imagine a service repair is the source of that.
I'll check the output transformer, resistors and the tubes in that order since I can do the first two rather easily. If that doesn't work I'll have to hounddog someone with and tube tester that can accept the older tubes.
I'm a little slow a first but I'll keep the post going until it's working right.
By the way, the jewel is missing. No big surprise.
