12-09-2005, 08:04 PM
If your 39-116 has a cloth-covered cord, it is most certainly a replacement.
Philco used rubber insulation on its wiring extensively in 1939, even on the leads of the power transformers in sets of that model year. (They did continue to use cloth on the speaker leads and on pushbutton mechanism wiring.) They went back to cloth insulation for power transformer leads in the 1940 model year.
As I said, use what you wish...it is your radio, after all.
I'm merely trying to point out what would be authentic vs. what looks nice.
No hard feelings now, eh?
Philco used rubber insulation on its wiring extensively in 1939, even on the leads of the power transformers in sets of that model year. (They did continue to use cloth on the speaker leads and on pushbutton mechanism wiring.) They went back to cloth insulation for power transformer leads in the 1940 model year.
As I said, use what you wish...it is your radio, after all.
I'm merely trying to point out what would be authentic vs. what looks nice.No hard feelings now, eh?
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
