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Philco 48-200 Clear but faint
Tgace459
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07-08-2016, 11:37 PM
Well...this radio was an interesting experience. After replacing the 5OA5 it was still playing very faint. Resistors all were replaced or within spec.

I took a wooden dowel and started tapping and probing things till "boom!" it started playing full volume. It was a .22mfd cap I used to replace the "special condenser" .2 mfd that was in it originally. One end was loose so I thought that was it and re-soldiered.

Nope. Now it wouldn't regain volume with any quantity of prodding. So on a hunch I simply disconnected it and voila it plays normally.

Anyone know why?
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Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-01-2016, 09:18 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by morzh - 07-01-2016, 10:08 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-01-2016, 10:57 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-01-2016, 11:03 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by leftwing25 - 07-02-2016, 01:06 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by morzh - 07-01-2016, 11:28 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-04-2016, 04:03 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-06-2016, 08:53 AM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-08-2016, 11:37 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by David - 07-10-2016, 09:20 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-10-2016, 10:11 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by morzh - 07-11-2016, 09:25 AM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-11-2016, 09:56 AM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by morzh - 07-11-2016, 11:45 AM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-11-2016, 01:41 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-11-2016, 01:05 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-11-2016, 01:26 PM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by Tgace459 - 07-21-2016, 07:37 AM
RE: Philco 48-200 Clear but faint - by morzh - 07-21-2016, 01:05 PM



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