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Philco model 511
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Before spending a pile of money or going on a massive parts search I would make absolutely sure that the transformer is broiled, disconnect everything from the secondary side and hook up a light bulb in series with the primary. If the transfomer is find the lamp will light up briefly when you apply power then drop down to a dim level, if one of the secondary windings is shorted internally the lamp will not dim much if at all. I would also make a few ohm meter checks, the high voltage winding should read near equal DC resistance on both sides of the center tap, one side should be within 20-25 ohms of the other, if one side is substantially lower then the winding is shorted. I would also check the wiring in the rest of the set between B+ and B- which the ohm meter in case there is an external short.
I hate dealing with bad transformers, fortunately most of the bad ones I have found are in sets from the 1940s when things were standardized a little more, ones with 300-0-300, 5 volt, and 6.3 volt windings where they are easier to find.
Regards
Arran


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Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-14-2011, 02:42 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by 7estatdef - 08-15-2011, 07:33 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-15-2011, 10:16 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by 7estatdef - 08-15-2011, 10:24 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by codefox1 - 08-15-2011, 10:40 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-16-2011, 12:18 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-16-2011, 12:22 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-16-2011, 07:58 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by 7estatdef - 08-16-2011, 06:39 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by gvel - 08-16-2011, 08:34 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-18-2011, 06:11 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-18-2011, 07:47 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-21-2011, 05:40 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by codefox1 - 08-21-2011, 05:52 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-21-2011, 07:45 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-22-2011, 03:12 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by 7estatdef - 08-22-2011, 03:15 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-22-2011, 03:30 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by 7estatdef - 08-22-2011, 03:56 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-22-2011, 03:58 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Eliot Ness - 08-22-2011, 05:37 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-23-2011, 03:29 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-24-2011, 03:16 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 08-30-2011, 11:27 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Arran - 08-30-2011, 11:46 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 08-31-2011, 11:05 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 09-12-2011, 02:06 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-12-2011, 10:37 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by TA Forbes - 09-12-2011, 09:21 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 09-12-2011, 11:33 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by radionut1929 - 10-28-2011, 12:21 AM
Re: Philco model 511 - by jerryhawthorne - 10-30-2011, 01:26 PM
Re: Philco model 511 - by Ron Ramirez - 10-31-2011, 06:57 PM



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