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Philco 38-116 Code 121
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02-16-2017, 01:49 PM
Don't see any diagram so it may not have posted. Your plan of restoration seems reasonable.

Are you planning on restuffing the original electrolytic cans? If so, it might be a good idea to use metallized polypropylene 630V film caps for the two 8 uF caps connected to the rectifier filament. These caps are subjected to very high ripple current, and modern miniature electrolytic 8 uF caps are not designed for such service. The film caps are available here:

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/ca...ylene-fast

There is a posting on this site on how to rebuild the hardened rubber coupler for the tuning cap. They are usually hard as a rock, which makes the tuning stiff.
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Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 02-16-2017, 01:05 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Mondial - 02-16-2017, 01:49 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Chris h - 02-16-2017, 02:29 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by morzh - 02-16-2017, 04:26 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 02-17-2017, 06:17 AM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Chris h - 02-18-2017, 11:02 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 03-27-2017, 12:10 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Mondial - 04-02-2017, 02:24 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 04-03-2017, 11:57 AM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Mondial - 04-03-2017, 04:52 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 04-04-2017, 05:22 AM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Mondial - 04-04-2017, 08:48 AM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 04-05-2017, 04:02 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Radioroslyn - 04-05-2017, 08:33 PM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by Ron Ramirez - 04-06-2017, 11:39 AM
RE: Philco 38-116 Code 121 - by AVSorrell - 04-14-2017, 12:06 PM



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