First radio, 49-1606

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First radio, 49-1606

foppert
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02-01-2024, 11:32 PM

Hi everybody first post,
I just picked up a 49-1606 because I liked the cabinet and it was cheap. I figure its at least worth giving the college try to get it to work at least in some fashion.

I have some background in digital electronics and soldering so I am not totally cold, but I have never worked on anything analog like this and figure if i break it it was already broken.

I plugged (before read about it and saw not to) it in and it gave me a increasing volume hum with no reaction to the volume knob. (Previous owner did the same thing before me so hopefully it was no *additional* harm.)

Before I do anything else I am going to replace the big 40mf filter caps in c103.
Is it worth replacing all caps above a certain size? All caps total? Seems like there are 50 or 60 of them.

Anything else I should check/replace for safety of myself or other components? thinking selenium rectifiers?
Thanks

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First radio, 49-1606 - by foppert - 02-01-2024, 11:32 PM

RE: First radio, 49-1606 - by morzh - 02-02-2024, 09:16 AM

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