06-19-2013, 11:49 AM
Warren, I too have an 47-1230 - this is a beast to recap. It will take time, but the radio is worth it.
When I got mine, I bought the service manual for it (got lucky and found it on ebay for next to nothing) which I scanned. Very useful.
There are things that even the official Philco documentation don't cover, such as the 3-legged feedtrough capacitor seen here:
http://www.philcoradio.com/tech/ftcap.htm
so don't be shy to ask any questions, people here should be able to help.
Also, please post pictures of your progress.
When I got mine, I bought the service manual for it (got lucky and found it on ebay for next to nothing) which I scanned. Very useful.
There are things that even the official Philco documentation don't cover, such as the 3-legged feedtrough capacitor seen here:
http://www.philcoradio.com/tech/ftcap.htm
so don't be shy to ask any questions, people here should be able to help.
Also, please post pictures of your progress.
-Mars
