[planigan]

jtkmsms, thank you. Have you taken all the voltage checks on the unit. Your symtoms are curious and I can not think of an obvious cause. The power switch on your set is in the chassis side. You may want to be sure that when you plug the set in the blade on plug that goes to chassis goes to the gnd/low/long slot on receptacle (make sure receptacle is wired correctly). That could be the source of the jolts. Many restorers strongly suggest that you use an isolation transformer to plug the set into so it has no reference to house ground. The schematic and info on basic trouble shooting of that radio are available at Nostalgia Air under Resources, Philco Radio & TV, 48-1282. It shows changes for 1283. The changes in the 35L6 section 2 are the removal of C200, C205 changes value to .03mf (from .05mf), shield on phone cable goes directly to B- (not chassis in your unit). Check polarity C101 & C102, make sure neither can (if not in same can) grounded to chassis and + of C102 to - C101. B- on this unit is ungrounded side of R102 (120,000 ohm) and travels throughout set. I am interested to know what C304-305 are. Schematic shows cap with small coil next to it with no part #. I think they may be what I have heard called "gimmick" coils, used to filter out interferance from a marine band that is no longer used. If you go through the above and report back finding maybe others can help. PL