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Philco 37-670 restoration thread
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Hi folks,

I am not too versed in Philcos and could use some basic help. I just picked up a very nice 37-670 yesterday and have no plans to power it up until after a full recap/restoration, etc. But just going over the chassis during my initial inspection gave me a bit of worry.
The radio calls for a 5X4 rectifier. The tube in the transformer socket is a 5U4. I know these are wired differently, but since the tube socket is part of the transformer I can't go underneath to see if someone in the past modified the wiring to fit a 5U4 tube. 
Can anyone tell me, off the bat, the right way to determine whether or not the socket's been modified. I know, a basic question but I'd rather ask than go full speed ahead and screw something up Icon_thumbdown
I found already though that a few of the electrolytics have been swapped out and JOY who ever did it paralleled them right into the original electrolytics. Sweet.
Thanks for the help everyone.

Ted
Bristol RI


Messages In This Thread
Philco 37-670 restoration thread - by Diverted - 12-30-2014, 02:55 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by millievolt - 12-30-2014, 03:25 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Diverted - 12-30-2014, 04:03 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Chuck Schwark - 12-30-2014, 03:28 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by millievolt - 12-30-2014, 03:33 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by morzh - 12-30-2014, 05:27 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Diverted - 12-30-2014, 06:45 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by OZ4 - 12-30-2014, 07:14 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Diverted - 12-30-2014, 07:35 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by OZ4 - 12-30-2014, 08:10 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by thirtiesradio - 12-31-2014, 02:44 AM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Arran - 12-31-2014, 03:54 AM
RE: Philco 37-670 rectifier - by Diverted - 12-31-2014, 08:03 AM
RE: Philco 37-670 restoration thread - by John R - 12-31-2014, 04:19 PM
RE: Philco 37-670 restoration thread - by OZ4 - 12-31-2014, 12:03 PM



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