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Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - morzh - 06-02-2016

Need some and suddenly no one sells them no more. I forgot who I bought them from the last time, could be Daze, but not them, not Renovated, ain't got no more.
The style I mean is the one Philco 20 would have.



http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/crigotti/media/Philco%20116-122/100_1907_zpske6v4k5t.jpg.html

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - gregb - 06-02-2016

This is where I have been getting them from.

http://www.antiquelampsupply.com/category/376_vintage-and-modern-style-lamp-plugs

Gregb

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2016

...wish I had known you wanted one, Mike...I would have thrown one or two in with the CARE package I just sent to you...

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - morzh - 06-02-2016

Greg, Ron,

Thanks guys.
Greg, yes this is what I need.

Ron, that's fine, I need to buy some anyway. I bought like 5 pcs in the past and had spend them all.

BTW then there is a question to you: is there information on which Philco used which plug? I understand this Acorn type was not used by all of them?
Radios like 118, 38-12(15), 39-6(7) etc?

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - morzh - 06-02-2016

Found some on eBay at $3.89. Bought 10.
The shipping it gave me was like for one piece, $0.89.
Well if the guys complains that eBay does not calculate the shipping correctly, I will accomodate him - let him combine shipment, up to $3 it still makes sense.

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - klondike98 - 06-02-2016

I've gotten them from Sundial as well.

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2016

(06-02-2016, 03:57 PM)morzh Wrote:  ...BTW then there is a question to you: is there information on which Philco used which plug? I understand this Acorn type was not used by all of them?
Radios like 118, 38-12(15), 39-6(7) etc?

During production of the 1937 models, Philco switched from cloth-covered AC cord to rubber. The rubber cords would have had a molded plug, I believe (the exceptions being 37-690 and 38-690 sets which have special plugs with fuses inside). The same is true of 38-12, 38-15, 39-6, 39-7 and later Philcos.

I've never seen any info on particular plugs used by Philco 1928-1937. On those Philcos I have seen the type such as in the picture you posted from Photobucket, the "acorn" style, as well as some with the "mid century embossed" type plugs in brown Bakelite (which are not really Mid Century). The majority I have seen have been like that in the Photobucket picture, though.

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - Arran - 06-05-2016

 Some of the G.E sets I have and have worked on used cloth cords and a molded rubber plug. However the plug, or rather the cord where it entered the top end of the plug, went bad so I had to cut them off and replaced them with Bakelite cap plugs.
Regards
Arran

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - wa2ise - 08-04-2016

(06-02-2016, 03:57 PM)morzh Wrote:  is there information on which Philco used which plug? I understand this Acorn type was not used by all of them?

I wouldn't be surprised if even Philco didn't kept track of that.  They probably used whatever plug their purchasing dept got the best deal on, that week of manufacturing.  

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - IowaPhilco - 08-06-2016

(06-02-2016, 07:39 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  
(06-02-2016, 03:57 PM)morzh Wrote:  ...BTW then there is a question to you: is there information on which Philco used which plug? I understand this Acorn type was not used by all of them?
Radios like 118, 38-12(15), 39-6(7) etc?

During production of the 1937 models, Philco switched from cloth-covered AC cord to rubber. The rubber cords would have had a molded plug, I believe (the exceptions being 37-690 and 38-690 sets which have special plugs with fuses inside). The same is true of 38-12, 38-15, 39-6, 39-7 and later Philcos.

I've never seen any info on particular plugs used by Philco 1928-1937. On those Philcos I have seen the type such as in the picture you posted from Photobucket, the "acorn" style, as well as some with the "mid century embossed" type plugs in brown Bakelite (which are not really Mid Century). The majority I have seen have been like that in the Photobucket picture, though.

I have a 610 Bullet from '36 with the oval dial. The plug I believe is original and it's a Bakelite acorn type but with a loop on the end like on an older child's pacifier to pull from the wall. 

RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - klondike98 - 08-06-2016

Welcome to the Phorum Iowa!
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RE: Philco style power plugs - who sells them? - Paul Philco322 - 08-07-2016

A fellow in m y club suggested these folks once....


http://vintagewireandsupply.com/plugs-connectors/

Paul