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Just finished my first restoration on a 16b. I replaced all the caps and whatever resistors needed to be replaced. Also had the tubes tested and the on off volume control switch is new ( built by Mark at old radio parts ). When I first turned it on the volume was very high and could not be controlled. I realized the pot was not grounded, so I fixed that. Now the volume does not get very loud at all. No where near as loud as it was when I first had it on. Any ideas? The only cap I haven't replaced is the one on the volume control knob, but it seemed to be ok when I tested it on my multimeter. Haven't started the alignment yet. Could that be the problem?
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Are you sure its wired right? If it was full volume before that makes me think the wiper wasnt wired in and now with a ground its shorted
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First of all, check your volume pot.
Report back.
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It ended up being the capacitor. The only one I didn't replace because I thought it
would be good. Thanks for the reply though.
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There's a lesson.
Folks wisdom has its merits.
Replace'em all.
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Never ever trust a 70-80 year old capacitor no matter what your meter tells you. It WILL come back to haunt you as you now know.
Gregb
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