06-04-2007, 03:55 PM
On both of my 1941 Philcos there is a short stub of stiff, insulated wire soldered at one end to a terminal on the top of the variable capacitor. The other end is just cut off.
On one of the radios the wire is about 2.5 inch long, and is soldered to the teminal on the capacitor on the left. It curves through the terminal on the other variable cap (kind of an "S" shape) but doesn't make electrical contact with that terminal because of the insulation.
On the other radio, the wire is about 1.5 inch and runs horizontally but does not touch the other terminal. There are traces of solder on the terminal that doesn't have the wire on it.
I don't see anything on the schematic. Anyone have any idea what that wire is for or what it may have been connected to at one time?
On one of the radios the wire is about 2.5 inch long, and is soldered to the teminal on the capacitor on the left. It curves through the terminal on the other variable cap (kind of an "S" shape) but doesn't make electrical contact with that terminal because of the insulation.
On the other radio, the wire is about 1.5 inch and runs horizontally but does not touch the other terminal. There are traces of solder on the terminal that doesn't have the wire on it.
I don't see anything on the schematic. Anyone have any idea what that wire is for or what it may have been connected to at one time?
John Honeycutt
