11-01-2011, 12:03 AM
Thanks.. I found the issue. I had the resistor wired wrong or I should say I had the connection from the 80 tube and the connection to the green/white wire to the speaker wired wrong. nothing is getting hot now at full power in (115vac on variac).
The radio dosen't play though. Kind of stuck as to what to check next but I do need to check voltages yet. I am getting a lot of crackling out of the speaker but I think its the volume control it was very hard to turn and when I turned it the crackling was worse. I have taken that out and apart and cleaned it with deoxit its smooth now just need to re-install. When I touch the grid of the 44 Det Amp with a screw driver I get a buzz if I touch the screw driver the buzz is very loud. Other then that the tuning cap has no affect and touching the grids of the other tubes does nothing.
I did test all the tubes and te only one that was questionable was the 37.
The radio dosen't play though. Kind of stuck as to what to check next but I do need to check voltages yet. I am getting a lot of crackling out of the speaker but I think its the volume control it was very hard to turn and when I turned it the crackling was worse. I have taken that out and apart and cleaned it with deoxit its smooth now just need to re-install. When I touch the grid of the 44 Det Amp with a screw driver I get a buzz if I touch the screw driver the buzz is very loud. Other then that the tuning cap has no affect and touching the grids of the other tubes does nothing.
I did test all the tubes and te only one that was questionable was the 37.
-Keith
