03-11-2025, 01:25 PM
Hello Phriends!
Little Phil is back!
I'd like to say that I took heart from a comment by Morzh (Mike), who, after I made some errors with my 42-345, said, basically, we've all been there. Elsewhere, too, I think he commented that putting stuff back together after we mess it up with an error is very satisfying. I agree.
I have Little Phil, my 42-345, back in action. I cannot say precisely what put Little Phil back on track, but I replaced two tubes of which I was suspicious after the wrong-way electrolytic capacitor fiasco, confirmed I had wired things right with some other replacements, and replaced a few sketchy wires. Little Phil is back to working!
I can now get back to replacing the paper capacitors. I had replaced the electrolytics already. I will do one at a time now, which was my original rule.
Two other things:
1. Speaker issue. I am not sure of the word, but I have a speaker vibration issue—not a hum or buzz—but a rattle, maybe? There may be a little defect or tear in the speaker, and I am going to get some speaker or fabric glue to apply to the back (I think) of the speaker.
2. FrankenPhil. To help recover Little Phil, I bought a 42-345 for not much money at all from a Facebook seller in Albuquerque. The interior of the case was dusty and mice had visited to eat sunflower seeds, so I figure there is radioactive fallout and hantavirus inside.
My original idea was that I would transplant parts from FrankenPhil into Little Phil, but now that Little Phil is working, I think I will try to get FrankenPhil working, too. The machine powers up. The speaker is shot—not holey but the cone is completely gone. I'd like a temporary workaround. First, can I connect a multimeter to FrankenPhil to see if there is output? If so, which of the three wires and on what multimeter setting.
I also wonder if I can connect the old coil speaker to a $2 permanent magnet speaker just to see if FrankenPhil wants to sing. I'll post photos in another thread to make clear what I mean.
The big news, though, LittlePhil, my 42-345 is no longer emitting smoke and is back to working pretty darn well! Satisfying, as Mike said.
Little Phil is back!
I'd like to say that I took heart from a comment by Morzh (Mike), who, after I made some errors with my 42-345, said, basically, we've all been there. Elsewhere, too, I think he commented that putting stuff back together after we mess it up with an error is very satisfying. I agree.
I have Little Phil, my 42-345, back in action. I cannot say precisely what put Little Phil back on track, but I replaced two tubes of which I was suspicious after the wrong-way electrolytic capacitor fiasco, confirmed I had wired things right with some other replacements, and replaced a few sketchy wires. Little Phil is back to working!
I can now get back to replacing the paper capacitors. I had replaced the electrolytics already. I will do one at a time now, which was my original rule.
Two other things:
1. Speaker issue. I am not sure of the word, but I have a speaker vibration issue—not a hum or buzz—but a rattle, maybe? There may be a little defect or tear in the speaker, and I am going to get some speaker or fabric glue to apply to the back (I think) of the speaker.
2. FrankenPhil. To help recover Little Phil, I bought a 42-345 for not much money at all from a Facebook seller in Albuquerque. The interior of the case was dusty and mice had visited to eat sunflower seeds, so I figure there is radioactive fallout and hantavirus inside.
My original idea was that I would transplant parts from FrankenPhil into Little Phil, but now that Little Phil is working, I think I will try to get FrankenPhil working, too. The machine powers up. The speaker is shot—not holey but the cone is completely gone. I'd like a temporary workaround. First, can I connect a multimeter to FrankenPhil to see if there is output? If so, which of the three wires and on what multimeter setting.
I also wonder if I can connect the old coil speaker to a $2 permanent magnet speaker just to see if FrankenPhil wants to sing. I'll post photos in another thread to make clear what I mean.
The big news, though, LittlePhil, my 42-345 is no longer emitting smoke and is back to working pretty darn well! Satisfying, as Mike said.
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