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Philco 112 Highboy
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First post. My son came by a couple of weeks ago with this old radio someone had left sitting at there curb for free pickup. After some research I believe it is a Philco 112 Highboy early model. I have previously restored three radios. Nothing this old. And the other three all had good cabinets. This one looks solid with no big chips or such but has been painted white. Only thing I see missing is the knobs.
The chassis seems complete. The tuning condensers turn smoothly, but need new cord. The power cord and speaker wire are bare, cloth covered. The speaker looks in one piece however I hesitate to touch. The grill cloth looks good and original.
The big black box on the front right of the chassis is leaking oil. I believe this is capacitor filled, I believe six. Of course I will replace all capacitors. I have concern about the transformers. If they are bad finding a replacement. The main power transformer has 4 outputs.
Anyway, being s novice I am going to take my time and try to understand some of the strange components I don't see in 40's and 50's radios. I will have questions and will post in the appropriate forum. I am excited as well as apprehensive tackling such a big project.
Rich


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Philco 112 Highboy - by benchrest - 11-09-2019, 07:59 PM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by KCMike - 11-09-2019, 10:36 PM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by morzh - 11-09-2019, 10:52 PM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by mikethedruid - 11-09-2019, 11:29 PM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by rfeenstra - 11-10-2019, 12:53 AM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by klondike98 - 11-10-2019, 11:27 AM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by benchrest - 11-10-2019, 11:51 AM
RE: Philco 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 11-10-2019, 02:06 PM



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