01-01-2017, 12:27 AM
(12-20-2016, 01:29 PM)OldRestorer Wrote: I finished my RCA but I don't know about the grill cloth...
What do you guys think?
I did a full recap and only had to replace one resistor that was 500K and measured 1.3M! it was 5% tolerance too,, Eek... This was quite an easy restore since the radio was playing so well before.
I also restored my Zenith 6-S-511 which was a bit harder... We all know about Zeniths cramped chassis and the "touch a wire and the rubber cracks off" so I went ahead and replaced what needed it. The presets were extremely dirty and when you put it on broadcast it would just fizzle.. A gallon of cleaner and filing the points and she is all better....
The one thing I did not do was bypass the 6X5G...
Do you guys think I should do this for safety reasons?
I have done it before and I have it saved that you disconnect the wire to pins 3/5 and the wire to pin 8. Then add a diode and a 150ohm resistor at 5w in series...
Am I off?
Thanks
I started in on my '511 but it has a lot of bad wiring. Have replaced the paper caps and a bunch of rotted rubber. Working on restuffing the filter cap.
Hey Kirk I'm proud of you! You figured out that filter which is a little confusing as the bottom terminals have two + connected together, one - terminal and outside shell which is the other -. Pretty tricky!!!!!
My parents had a set like this in the kitchen (mid 60's) when I was kid use to listen it for the winter snow reports to hear if I had school that day.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry