09-20-2022, 06:51 PM
1 Generally Philco set didn't have loop ant till 1940 so it needs an external job. Also Philco sets from '39-'42 have rubber coated wire.
2 Yes
3 Now let me think about this. A hand full 9v batteries with about 4ma current flow is going to get the output transformer hot enough to melt tar off of it... [Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...on_eek.gif] No. It's probably from storage hot vs cold causing the tar to expand and contract.
I wouldn't be surprised if the primary was open. It's a pretty hiZ like 14K or so. That opt is the original one mine has a replacement from yrs ago.
Hams can fix anything! Ask any of us.
2 Yes
3 Now let me think about this. A hand full 9v batteries with about 4ma current flow is going to get the output transformer hot enough to melt tar off of it... [Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...on_eek.gif] No. It's probably from storage hot vs cold causing the tar to expand and contract.
I wouldn't be surprised if the primary was open. It's a pretty hiZ like 14K or so. That opt is the original one mine has a replacement from yrs ago.
Hams can fix anything! Ask any of us.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
