[Gbtr6]

Hi all,

I have an old Philco radio that i remember fondly from my younger days. It sat out on the porch of my dad's aunt's cottage on Moonlight Bay. I remember listening to stations all over the country on it and the great mellow sound it had. We got the cabinet refinished a number of years ago, but the problem is a burned up tube and socket. How can I fix this? What would cause a tube to burn up like this? Also, would like to get the Phico decal for the caabinet and a couple of button labels.

Thanks,
Perry

[morzh]

See, the model, then go to www.Nostalgiaair.org, go to Philco, put the model in, open the document, locate the tube, locate it in the sch.
Then it could be theorized what it is and why it burnt.
Good radio, could be restored.

PS. OK, seems like a full-wave rectifier tube to me, possibly an 80. Could be just it, bad tube, could be bad electrolytic, but the radio need full recap anyway. And probably a new socket.
Radio is 41-295 or similar.
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...013422.pdf

[RodB]

Welcome to the Phorum. The reason the tube broke is probably because of those two gold helmets on top

[GarySP]

Welcome to the Phorum, Perry. Your console is a 41-295X. You can access the schematic in our Philco Service found at the bottom of the page. The broken tube is probably an 80, and very easy to find. The rest of the tubes are a combination of older tubes and the latest rage, loctals. Plan on replacing all caps except mica and all out-of-tolerance resistors. The tube sockets, if needed, can be purchased. The cabinet is in great shape considering its' age. Should be fun. Take care and BE HEALTHY! Gary

[rfeenstra]

I have one of those that I restored. Not a bad sounding/performing radio. Needs new socket and all new capacitors.

[Gbtr6]

Thank you all for the replies. I’ve gotten into old stereos too so soldering isn’t too hard. Good to hear I can get the parts I need for it. Like I said, I want to fix it because of my memories of it.

Thanks,
Perry

[jrblasde]

There are actually quite the host of parts websites available! There’s Mouser, Digikey, etc. for general electronics components, but there’s also websites such as Antique Electronic Supply to shop for tube sockets and other (now deprecated) parts. And, finally, there are vendors such as Radio Daze if you ever need knobs and decals. I believe they also carry a decent assortment of electrical components.

[GarySP]

Just one question, Perry. You do know that the NFC North is confirmed LION(s) Territory!?!?

[Radioroslyn]

Hi Perry and welcome,

A few notes on the 41-295/300. Probably going to need to replace some of the failing rubber coated wire. The volume and tone controls knobs are a little tricky to remove as they turn a gear on the end of the shaft of the controls. Those gears are welded on so it may make replacement a little laborious. If you have to clean the volume control be sure to use the proper cleaner. The tube sockets are phenolic wafer sockets and are not that great in terms of hv insulation hence the arcing and burning. There's abt 900vac across the two thin pins (2&3) of the 80 tube. Better choice would be a molded phenolic socket for the 80 tube.

Here's the original Philco service bulletin: https://philcoradio.com/library/download...20Book.pdf

Decal, the closest thing I could find was this: https://www.radiodaze.com/philco-10-decals-dcl-ph7/

We do have station tabs for the 1939 set here:  https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...n-tab-call-  letter-kit/  Obviously it's not going to have any post '39 callsigns listed. May be able to resize to fit if they don't.