Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Good job Sherm.
Rocky is guiding and teaching you well!
Rocky is guiding and teaching you well!
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Thank you Mr gonca. You are very kind.
The grille cloth and one set of led bulbs arrived. I'm going to use the herringbone pattern. Photos tomorrow. I left the replacement resistor in place of the led bulb as before and then just plugged the led bulb in the socket. It worked fine. Then I put it across my 6Vdc lines and it also worked but brighter. I am going to go with the plan described before. DG will be happy hopefully. Also gonna start the top coat tomorrow on radio 1.
On radio 2, I rewired everything back to spec after fixing the short. I'm not going to power it up, though, until the lytics get replaced and also that poor distressed paper one.
I really believe radios have souls.
The grille cloth and one set of led bulbs arrived. I'm going to use the herringbone pattern. Photos tomorrow. I left the replacement resistor in place of the led bulb as before and then just plugged the led bulb in the socket. It worked fine. Then I put it across my 6Vdc lines and it also worked but brighter. I am going to go with the plan described before. DG will be happy hopefully. Also gonna start the top coat tomorrow on radio 1.
On radio 2, I rewired everything back to spec after fixing the short. I'm not going to power it up, though, until the lytics get replaced and also that poor distressed paper one.
I really believe radios have souls.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Me too.
Kisses, Brit.
Kisses, Brit.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
See you and raise 100.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Raise 200.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
If you wanna cry listen to this.
"Light their way when the darkness surrounds them."
"Light their way when the darkness surrounds them."
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
I fold.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Me too.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Guys, that loctal short wasn't the only short I found. Do y'all think this famous TYNEE-DRY capacitor from radio 2 should have a resistance of 4.6 ohms? Seems a bit low to me. Consequently, R8 has bought the farm. See that gob of solder on the negative terminal? That was the failed attempt to solder to the chassis.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
The led looks great and DG likes it. Even a 6-year-old can find an acorn. I'll show it to you when I get to re-assembling radio 1. I also want to make one more electrical change. When I replaced the Philco 'special' capacitor, I omitted the series inductor (we do have the shunt resistor).
https://www.philcorepairbench.com/i-f-w ... capacitor/
But I read somewhere that receiver sensitivity is better with the inductor. So I have a 0.62 uH inductor on order.
https://www.philcorepairbench.com/i-f-w ... capacitor/
But I read somewhere that receiver sensitivity is better with the inductor. So I have a 0.62 uH inductor on order.
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Philco 48-461 radio restoration
She's gonna make it through the night.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
I think you guys are just trying to distract from my brilliance. It won't work!
Guys, check out this link, especially the Elements of Radio Servicing book.
https://antiqueradios.com/archive.shtml
Guys, check out this link, especially the Elements of Radio Servicing book.
https://antiqueradios.com/archive.shtml
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Gave my anus curly-whirly?
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
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Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Guitar solo at 3:40 is intense.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
I wanna hookup with the drummer.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
I hate you guys.
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Philco 48-461 radio restoration
The patient has a pulse! Radio 2 is sitting up and talking. In the photo below you can see that I have patched in the new lytics and replaced R8 and C23. You can see their burned-out hulks at the bottom left. That was caused by the shorted lytic and maybe helped by the B- to chassis short. I also rough aligned it and it is performing quite well. Gonna do the line dropping resistor and led changes. Right now it's running off the variac at 110Vac. May leave the special cap and the other paper caps alone. Cabinet may be left original for comparison.
On radio 1, I have installed the bypass inductor. No obvious difference but that is the factory design, so. I also completed the 4th staining and final touch-up and DG gave me the go-ahead to topcoat it after it dries.
On radio 1, I have installed the bypass inductor. No obvious difference but that is the factory design, so. I also completed the 4th staining and final touch-up and DG gave me the go-ahead to topcoat it after it dries.
Philco 48-461 radio restoration
Looks like Rocky lying in his hospital bed with all the tubes and wires keeping him alive.
https://rationalqm.us/board/viewtopic.p ... 238#p13238
https://rationalqm.us/board/viewtopic.p ... 238#p13238