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Restoring a Philco 38-1
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greetings to all:

I am a newbie to this list. A friend gave me an old 38-1 console that had been in his attic for years. It has sat in my garage for about two years, but I'm now working on restoring it. It's quite beaten up, but it appears to be mostly cosmetic (lots of scratches and scuffs, torn speaker cloth, missing back).

This model has a wheel in the front for selecting stations with a little handle for quick selecting them (I assume). There are dozens of little windows that used to have station letters in them; they've all been punched out.

My biggest concern is that the thing was working (albeit with a loud hum). Then it stopped. My guess is that it's related to the power switch which rotates clockwise, off, on, bass. I was using tuner cleaner and it's nice and smooth now, but no power Icon_sad

I checked the cord. Power is getting to the chassis, but that's it. The chassis doesn't "light up" (tubes, that is).

Any help is appreciated.

Tony B. - Rochester, NY


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Restoring a Philco 38-1 - by Guest - 05-17-2006, 11:03 PM
[No subject] - by planigan - 05-22-2006, 12:09 PM
[No subject] - by planigan - 05-22-2006, 09:56 PM
[No subject] - by planigan - 05-22-2006, 10:30 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 05-23-2006, 04:40 PM
[No subject] - by Terry Judkins - 05-23-2006, 10:09 PM
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