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Philco 70 non-AVC resistor added to 2nd detector plate to ground
#16

My theory:

A guy who had very little idea of what he was doing had some intermittent problem. Being out of guesses, he installed whatever resistor he had handy in the circuit, and the problem somehow decided not to resurface anymore, or maybe it did but he was lazy to remove it.

There is no rational explanation of it - only metaphysical.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#17

Maybe there wasn't enough leakage in the capacitor?

"Why, the tubes alone are worth more than that!" (Heard at every swap meet. Gets me every time!)

Philcos: 90, 70, 71B, 610, 37-61 40-81, 46-420 Code 121 to name a few.
Plus enough Zeniths, Atwater Kents and others to trip over!




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