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Philco 40-150 radio chassis restoration.
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Kevin,

Welcome.

yes, "cond" is condenser which is the capacitor in the old parlance.
"uF" is "microfarad". Respectively "0.01uF" is "10nF" and so on so forth.

read up on the typical old tube radio restoration routines.

This 1940s radios used rubber-coated wires that may or may not become brittle and devoid of insulation, so you might have to replace some or even most of the wiring inside the chassis. if however the wire feels soft and pliable, you could live it alone.

All the capacitors except the mica type if present, should be replaced. Paper and electrolytics.
Resistors should be verified and those way out of tolerance replaced.

Tubes checked.

Speaker and the output transformer verified for integrity.

Then you could check the transformer (actually do it first to know if you even want to proceed with the chassis as a transformer is fairly expensive), put the tubes in, plug the speaker in (do not run without speaker) and power up.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.


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RE: Philco 40-150 radio chassis restoration. - by morzh - 05-03-2021, 11:58 AM



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