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Westinghouse WR-212
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Well, that's the one I bought to make a gift for my old man. With the "magic eye".

So I took the chassis out. As a minimum, the tuning cap belt is broken, so I've ordered one from Adamsradio - thank God for it. Almost every single radio is listed there. Bought various Zenith belts, now the WR-212, all listed by name, easy!

Well, started to look: someone tried to repair it some time back.

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...024271.pdf
This is the schematic.

Now if you look at the caps, all the electrolytics are 8uf, 12uF or such.
Imagine my surprise: the guy put in 150uF-300uF-75uF.....yikes.
So, I think I have'em all, but good thing I am checking it.
Can't trust people nowadays Icon_smile Not with the caps.

Speaker was obviously repaired - some glue on the back of the cone and, for whatever reason, a piece of felt was put in between the cone and one of the frame spots. I wonder why....hopefully it sounds OK, otherwise more money goes to some Speaker shop.

Well, more will come tomorrow.

This is the radio.
   
   
   
   
   


Messages In This Thread
Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 01-27-2013, 11:38 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by Phlogiston - 01-28-2013, 01:35 AM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by TA Forbes - 01-28-2013, 01:55 AM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by Gene Pederson - 01-28-2013, 02:10 AM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by TA Forbes - 01-28-2013, 12:45 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by Jayce - 01-28-2013, 05:19 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 01-28-2013, 07:35 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by Arran - 01-28-2013, 08:07 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 01-29-2013, 10:33 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 02-03-2013, 10:11 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by 7estatdef - 02-03-2013, 10:34 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 02-04-2013, 07:41 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 02-09-2013, 05:04 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 02-09-2013, 05:18 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by Arran - 02-09-2013, 10:16 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 02-09-2013, 10:24 PM
RE: Westinghouse WR-212 - by morzh - 06-28-2023, 12:06 AM



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