08-13-2012, 06:46 PM
After keeping my eyes open everywhere and posting a few ads online on here and the "Barking Dog" forum I finally found a replacement chassis for my Canadian G.E E-81 E-81 from 1937-38. Similar to the one on Radio Attic here:
http://radioattic.com/item.htm?radio=0960690
Ignore the demented price, it isn't worth 1/4 of what he's asking even restored.
The one currently in my E-81 is a horribly rusted mess, repairable in theory but really too much work and is better used as a parts chassis. Through flipping through some schematics I have found out that the chassis of the E-81 was not only used in a console version, the E-86 but is almost an exact clone of the Canadian RCA Victor models 8T-2 and 8K-1. It is also a doppelganger of the American RCA models 7T, 7K, and 8T, 8K. In any event the E-81 and the RCA 7K are identical electrically and physically with the exception of an added eye tube cable and socket, which I have. Here is the chassis I just bought through the usual auction site:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160858739314?ssP...1439.l2648
Here is the schematic for the E-81:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/970/M0028970.htm
Here is the one for the U.S RCA 7K/7T:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/135/M0015135.htm
In spite of what the listing says it is an RCA model 7K not a 6K2, it has seven tubes and is the same circuit as the other sets I mentioned, minus the Magic eye. This chassis is not pristine as you can see but everything is there, and it is still five time better then my E-81 which even had crusty rust on the pilot bulb sockets. So when I eventually get this chassis this American made RCA will spend the rest of it's days as an C.G.E E-81, have a hole drilled in the chassis, and have the Magic Eye socket and cable added from my E-81 along with any other bits it needs. The one thing it will not have is a 25 cycle transformer but I think that the black unit on this chassis may be a replacement anyhow.
Regards
Arran
http://radioattic.com/item.htm?radio=0960690
Ignore the demented price, it isn't worth 1/4 of what he's asking even restored.
The one currently in my E-81 is a horribly rusted mess, repairable in theory but really too much work and is better used as a parts chassis. Through flipping through some schematics I have found out that the chassis of the E-81 was not only used in a console version, the E-86 but is almost an exact clone of the Canadian RCA Victor models 8T-2 and 8K-1. It is also a doppelganger of the American RCA models 7T, 7K, and 8T, 8K. In any event the E-81 and the RCA 7K are identical electrically and physically with the exception of an added eye tube cable and socket, which I have. Here is the chassis I just bought through the usual auction site:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160858739314?ssP...1439.l2648
Here is the schematic for the E-81:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/970/M0028970.htm
Here is the one for the U.S RCA 7K/7T:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/135/M0015135.htm
In spite of what the listing says it is an RCA model 7K not a 6K2, it has seven tubes and is the same circuit as the other sets I mentioned, minus the Magic eye. This chassis is not pristine as you can see but everything is there, and it is still five time better then my E-81 which even had crusty rust on the pilot bulb sockets. So when I eventually get this chassis this American made RCA will spend the rest of it's days as an C.G.E E-81, have a hole drilled in the chassis, and have the Magic Eye socket and cable added from my E-81 along with any other bits it needs. The one thing it will not have is a 25 cycle transformer but I think that the black unit on this chassis may be a replacement anyhow.
Regards
Arran
