05-03-2011, 06:59 AM
For starters read this before plugging in the radio the first time:
http://www.philcoradio.com/tech/plugin.htm
http://www.antiqueradio.org/powerup.htm
Diagram can be found here http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/617/M0013617.htm
here's an article on changing / replacing the capacitors.
http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm
Hope this helps.
The humming/buzzing might be due to a leaky filter capacitor that has lost it's ability to filter out the ac ripple from the power supply.. I'd really start by the basics and replace the electrolytic caps before trying to get stations.
Terry
http://www.philcoradio.com/tech/plugin.htm
http://www.antiqueradio.org/powerup.htm
Diagram can be found here http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/617/M0013617.htm
here's an article on changing / replacing the capacitors.
http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm
Hope this helps.
The humming/buzzing might be due to a leaky filter capacitor that has lost it's ability to filter out the ac ripple from the power supply.. I'd really start by the basics and replace the electrolytic caps before trying to get stations.
Terry
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