12-16-2025, 03:06 AM
Karl;
The sockets used in that era of Philco had spade shaped terminals, with no holes to feed wires through, they just wrapped everything around the terminal, and then covered it with a blob of solder. I never did like the way they looked, they always looked untidy, and they are too close together as well, so solder bridges can be an issue. It's particularly annoying when the wire lead for the cap or resistor you need to remove has another lead wrapped around it.
Regards
Arran
The sockets used in that era of Philco had spade shaped terminals, with no holes to feed wires through, they just wrapped everything around the terminal, and then covered it with a blob of solder. I never did like the way they looked, they always looked untidy, and they are too close together as well, so solder bridges can be an issue. It's particularly annoying when the wire lead for the cap or resistor you need to remove has another lead wrapped around it.
Regards
Arran




