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Philco model #20
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AHH HA , I got it and can’t thank you fellows enough , when I changed the capacitors I took the advice and did not unsolder the wires, I heated the Bakelite container and pushed out the tar and condenser with a small allan wrench ,unbolted it from the chassis cleaned it out and put in the new condenser then bolted it back to the chassis , what I found well checking the volume control with my ohm meter was the centre wire on the back part of the volume control had come off , I guess from bending the #5 Bakelite box where the wire is attached so I could clean it out and put in the new condenser, the broken wire was hidden underneath the volume control out of sight , had I not been checking around the volume control with my ohm meter I would never had seen it , you know I had drawn a diagram of each cap block I changed and still missed it , oh well it works just fine now , thanks again for all the help , and looking back at this job it’s far easier not to unsolder the wires from the Bakelite condenser block , but making a drawing is so helpful when some thing like this happens , all the very best have a great weekend Rick
PS= As soon as I have photos of the radio I will post them


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Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-17-2025, 08:44 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-17-2025, 09:15 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-17-2025, 09:17 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-17-2025, 09:17 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by MrFixr55 - 03-17-2025, 09:48 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-17-2025, 10:46 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-18-2025, 10:22 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-18-2025, 11:01 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-18-2025, 11:05 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by Steve Davis - 03-19-2025, 12:17 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-19-2025, 12:26 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-19-2025, 10:27 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-21-2025, 10:00 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-23-2025, 05:01 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by MrFixr55 - 03-23-2025, 08:35 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-23-2025, 09:53 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by Steve Davis - 03-24-2025, 02:02 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-24-2025, 02:41 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-24-2025, 03:34 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-24-2025, 06:19 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-26-2025, 09:37 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-27-2025, 12:40 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-27-2025, 11:15 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by radiorich - 03-27-2025, 12:15 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-27-2025, 01:41 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-27-2025, 03:55 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-27-2025, 06:03 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 03-27-2025, 09:23 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by morzh - 03-27-2025, 11:17 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - 04-04-2025, 09:34 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by MrFixr55 - 04-04-2025, 10:30 PM
RE: Philco model #20 - by MrFixr55 - Yesterday, 08:22 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by RodB - Yesterday, 09:46 AM
RE: Philco model #20 - by onlyrick - Yesterday, 02:24 PM



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