philco tropic model 42-760
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(11-10-2016, 09:54 AM)the picker Wrote: I connect two parallel and have a reading of minus 6.4 dc v and no change in radio but I have a bad feeling I have a bad volume control also because it crunches when I turn it and so when I tested the resistance from the centre pin to one side it has .2 ohm at high volume and .1 ohm at low and from centre pin to other side at high volume it has .600m ohm and at low it has .600m ohms and across the two outside pins it has .600m ohms
Schematic shows a volume control w/4 connections (2meg w/a tap at 1meg) On the other hand the tone control has 3 connections. Maybe your vc was replaced too.
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RE: philco tropic model 42-760 - by Radioroslyn - 11-10-2016, 12:42 PM
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