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Philco 37-116 lights
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Have a 37-116 that I am working on.
Wire harness for the dial lights is gone.
Only wired light is the top light for the pointer.
I have run new wires up from the bottom that were factory connections from the 2 pole socket on the top side.
I have hooked up a 2 wire light to the new wires and get nothing on either the normal setting or the magnetic tuning position on the switch.
If I connect the center tap to what I am calling the normal setting and ground the bulb socket to the electrolitic can
I get a  spark and a bright light.
If I try the same for the other lead I get nothing.
The bulb I am using is a 6.3 volt.
I have a harness coming from ebay, with no plug.
So I thought I would just hard wire it.
Tried checking ac voltage on both of these wires and get about 3 volts on one and maybe 1 on the other lead.
Can anyone tell me what voltage readings I should be getting on the 2 wires?
I assume one is for the dial light and the other is for the teledial lights?
Got the 4 socket light harness today, but will have to re-build and re-wire it.
Thanks to Ron for his article on re-building these.
murf



Thanks again,
murf


Messages In This Thread
Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 01-31-2016, 05:09 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-01-2016, 12:46 AM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-01-2016, 07:47 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-01-2016, 09:04 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-01-2016, 09:35 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-02-2016, 09:35 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by Ron Ramirez - 02-24-2016, 10:48 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-28-2016, 11:10 AM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by Ron Ramirez - 02-28-2016, 11:51 AM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-28-2016, 12:41 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by 462ron - 02-28-2016, 02:30 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-28-2016, 05:39 PM
RE: Philco 37-116 lights - by PhilcoJohn - 03-02-2016, 08:06 PM
philco 37-116 lights - by murf - 02-24-2016, 06:32 PM



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