My first Philco radio.

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My first Philco radio.

~~Oldie Goldie~~
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12-22-2024, 02:45 PM

In my area the grid is roaring at nearly 127v at night.
I have a fifties vintage military radar station auto transformer.
Hooked it up and fed it 110v.
Poor old girl.
A couple years ago I took a 200w power strip shaped UPS and scooped out the inverter circuit.
Wired the beefy 12v transformer in buck-reduce and wired the built in outlets to that. Run everything in my bedroom and it keeps my pre-80s stuff happy and even my modern stuff seems perkier not being grilled.
I may make a little unit just for this radio, so the auto transformer can be used elsewhere

(This post was last modified: 12-22-2024, 02:45 PM by Oldie Goldie.)

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My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-21-2024, 08:10 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by jrblasde - 12-21-2024, 10:59 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by klondike98 - 12-21-2024, 03:27 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-21-2024, 05:14 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-21-2024, 06:12 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-21-2024, 06:21 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-21-2024, 06:31 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-21-2024, 08:19 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by klondike98 - 12-21-2024, 08:53 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by RodB - 12-22-2024, 11:43 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-22-2024, 11:46 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by RodB - 12-22-2024, 12:06 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 02:39 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 02:45 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 02:55 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 03:04 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 03:07 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 03:18 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 07:40 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 08:31 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 08:46 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 08:58 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-22-2024, 09:21 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Radioroslyn - 12-22-2024, 10:04 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-22-2024, 11:41 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 01:29 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 11:31 AM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 12:03 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by MrFixr55 - 12-23-2024, 01:02 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 01:40 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 01:52 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-23-2024, 02:47 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 03:42 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 04:06 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by klondike98 - 12-23-2024, 04:21 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 04:30 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by MrFixr55 - 12-23-2024, 06:00 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 06:26 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-23-2024, 08:18 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-23-2024, 08:19 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-23-2024, 08:27 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 09:34 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 10:09 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-23-2024, 10:18 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by David - 12-23-2024, 10:34 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by MrFixr55 - 12-24-2024, 03:47 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by morzh - 12-24-2024, 04:44 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-24-2024, 05:13 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 12-26-2024, 09:21 PM

RE: My first Philco radio. - by Oldie Goldie - 01-05-2025, 07:49 PM

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