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Hi Wally! I am sure a few others will chime in here. I don't know how much experience you have or what test equipment you have. Looks like an ac/dc radio. I would start by a couple of quick checks. First, since this is probably an ac/dc set, you will have to be very careful if you don't have an isolation transformer. One side of the chassis will be connected to the ac line. You could get a nasty shock. That aside, with the radio on and the underneath of the chassis accessible, a good place to start is to touch the volume control lugs with your meter probe tip and listen for a loud hum or static from the speaker. If you get a loud hum, then you have a live radio and you will have to go deeper into troubleshooting. If you don't get anything, check for B+ off the cathode of the rectifier tube. Should be 120-150 DC, chassis ground volts unless it uses a doubler, then it will be over 200v. I don't have a diagram handy on your radio, but these are a couple of quick checks you can make to get an idea of what is going on. There is a lot of knowledge in here, so am sure any of us can help you through this and get your radio playing again!

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philco pt2 - by wally73 - 02-25-2016, 10:20 AM
RE: philco pt2 - by TV MAN - 02-25-2016, 12:29 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by TV MAN - 02-25-2016, 12:58 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by klondike98 - 02-25-2016, 01:19 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by wally73 - 02-26-2016, 05:20 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by wally73 - 02-26-2016, 06:15 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by Radioroslyn - 02-27-2016, 12:38 AM
RE: philco pt2 - by Arran - 02-27-2016, 02:55 AM
RE: philco pt2 - by TV MAN - 02-27-2016, 01:18 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by wally73 - 02-27-2016, 01:31 PM
RE: philco pt2 - by klondike98 - 02-27-2016, 04:46 PM



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