[lasurveyor]

Hi,
Just acquired this nice looking Austrian Hornyphon radio. I've never looked at a European radio chassis so don't know if this will be a challenge or not. First of all, can I just plug this into 220 volt and expect no power supply problems? Will the 50 hertz spec be OK? Anything that I can expect to cause me trouble or confusion?

Thanks,
Alan

[Joe Rossi]

Hi Alan,  A photo and model number of the Hornyfon would help us assist you.  Thanks,  Joe

[morzh]

Hornyfon.....I thought it is a phone sex service's name

[Phlogiston]

I always wanted one of those just so I could tell people that I had it.

[morzh]

Doesn't look all that horny to me......

[Jayce]

That name definitely made me do a double take! Some things just don't translate well...

[sam]

mike     



sam

[lasurveyor]

Here's a photo, a Prinzess W362A
Looks like other models have a voltage selector, but not this one.

[morzh]

OK.

Now we add the "princess" to the name.

No really....this is too much

[Sean]

Here's my Hornyphon before I restored it.  This one is the W455X "Potentat".

   

   

[morzh]

I bite my tongue......their naming system was clearly devised by someone who read too much of the Playboy.

[Jayce]

Maybe these radios are like the band Toto. You chuckle at the name, then they blow you away with their performance!

[morzh]

German / European radios are very good, but american are still better on average, though some European ones are really stylish.
So no blowing away....just pleasant sound.

[Arran]

It isn't usually a problem to power a 50 cycle device on 60 cycle, unless it has an AC motor in it in which case the motor may spin faster. Transformers usually don't care if they are operated at a higher line frequency, within reason of course, but they don't like the opposite. Most European radios have taps on the transformer primary that allow operation on several different line voltages, sometimes it's a plug on the transformer, other times there is a wire that you have to undo from a screw terminal and move to another terminal. You may have to remove the back to get at it if it has a voltage selector, if not come back to us for a plan "B". This Hornyphon looks like a later model from the 1960s if the eye tube is any indication, it looks like an EM84.
Regards
Arran

[lasurveyor]

Thanks, there isn't a visible panel of plugs like some models so I'll get in there and take a closer look at the transformer.

Alan