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Philco 116 chassis
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05-15-2023, 10:34 PM
I picked up what was advertised as a Philco 116b chassis.  The layout seems a bit different in the back as far as the electrolitics and the ant grd terminals.  Could this be a 116X chassis is there a difference between the 116 chassis?


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05-16-2023, 07:28 AM
Yes you hit the nail on the head it's a X chassis. You can tell by the 4 pin tube sockets (you got too many of them). And the power transformer is bigger. The X uses 4pin output tubes (6B4's).

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05-16-2023, 09:40 AM
Thanks for the assist.   At least I now know what kind of cabinet and speaker I need to start looking for.
Philco's: 86 Low Boy, 90 High Boy, 95 High Boy, 76 High Boy, 112X Console, 118X Console, 41-265 Console, 41-608P Console, 52GC, 370 LZ, 512, 20 Baby Grand, 70 Baby Grand, 71B, 52B, 118B, 60B, 84B, 610B, 37-89B, 38-10T, 38-35B, 41-221CI, 42-321T, 46-1203
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05-16-2023, 10:41 AM
I'm not sure but I've not seen one with that switch by the shadow meter. I have both the X and B models. That chassis might be from a PX that's a 116X w/phono in the top. Pretty low production numbers. Jeff W out in California has one.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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05-16-2023, 11:18 AM
That switch looks like something added by a repairman or "restorer" years after the set was built.
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05-16-2023, 11:44 AM
The chassis had paperwork for the switch install, so I agree with Ron I think it was an add on by someone later down the road.
Philco's: 86 Low Boy, 90 High Boy, 95 High Boy, 76 High Boy, 112X Console, 118X Console, 41-265 Console, 41-608P Console, 52GC, 370 LZ, 512, 20 Baby Grand, 70 Baby Grand, 71B, 52B, 118B, 60B, 84B, 610B, 37-89B, 38-10T, 38-35B, 41-221CI, 42-321T, 46-1203
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