[terrylett]

Ah.

I agree with Morzh about these AC setups. I've seen this arrangement on others too like RCAs. This is probably why I stuck the radio in the closet about a year ago and forgot about it.

One thing I was considering was to drill a hole in the chassis rear and running a polarized cord that way. I've done that with 2-3 other radios and everything worked out fine. Those were less complicated AM only sets however and easy to reroute the circuitry.

I want to solder the AC hot wire right to the back of the switch for one thing but I'm a bit overmatched when it comes to all the rest of the wiring.

The existing setup has both prongs of the AC input grounded to the same chassis lug. One of the connections branches off to the dial lamp in its journey.

I didn't want to start something and just destroy the set but I wish I never bought this thing.