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Philco 620
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Hello folks!
I just purchased a Philco 620 and I'm about to attempt my first restoration.
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Front.JPEG]
Although I'm a newbie I'm pretty sure it's a Philco 620 based on the label inside the cabinet that matchs up with the tubes in the chasis.
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Label.JPEG]
Here's the chasis:
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Chasis.JPEG]
Here's another pic of the chasis with the Dial:
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Dial.JPEG]
And here here are some pics after I used some compressed air to remove the funk of 10,00 years that was left behind.
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Chasis1.JPEG]
Here are some pics of the bottom of the chasis:
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/BottomChasis.JPEG]
Here's another shot:
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/BottomChasis1.JPEG]
After cleaning it up a bit, I took a chance and connected it to my Lab-Volt that allows me to slowly bring up the voltage. Here's my Lab-Volt:
[Image: http://www.ispdi.com/Philco/images/Lab-Volt.JPEG]
I slowly turned up the voltage and the only thing that worked was the lamp light for the dial - the tubes did not fire up, no hum, no static no sound at all.
So now my next step is to replace all the caps. Question: some vendors offer offer pre-packaged sets of caps for pre WWII radios. Should I go this route or should I use the parts list I found for the 620 and purchase them individually? Again, this is my first restoration so any advice is gladly accepted.


Messages In This Thread
Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-11-2020, 02:48 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-11-2020, 03:11 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-11-2020, 03:22 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by rfeenstra - 05-11-2020, 03:26 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-11-2020, 04:30 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-11-2020, 05:23 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-11-2020, 09:15 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-11-2020, 09:23 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-13-2020, 06:46 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by radiorich - 05-14-2020, 02:39 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-14-2020, 05:35 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-14-2020, 05:49 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by radiorich - 05-14-2020, 07:16 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-14-2020, 07:53 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by GarySP - 05-14-2020, 08:38 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-14-2020, 08:42 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by GarySP - 05-14-2020, 09:06 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Radioroslyn - 05-14-2020, 09:39 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-14-2020, 10:41 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by radiorich - 05-17-2020, 01:28 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by Radioroslyn - 05-17-2020, 10:56 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-24-2020, 09:24 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-24-2020, 10:22 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-24-2020, 10:34 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by morzh - 05-24-2020, 11:39 AM
RE: Philco 620 - by LarryFS - 05-24-2020, 12:21 PM
RE: Philco 620 - by Neo6425 - 05-31-2020, 06:19 PM



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