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philco 48-1270 burning out r315/ updates
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I very much doubt whether any more then one tube would have a short in it, very likely it will be the one nearest that resistor that burned up. Also tube shorts don't come and go that way, if there is a hard short between elements enough to broil a resistor then it will not normally disappear as the tube colls down. In my opinion it is almost a waste of time trying to troubleshoot a set that still has most of the original paper capacitors still in it, the old caps cause 80% of the troubles these set have. If the short comes about several minutes after the set was turned on and playing then it very likely could be a paper cap that intermittently shorts or becomes very leaky as the temperature changes.
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Arran


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RE: philco 48-1270 burning out r315 - by John R - 04-12-2012, 12:47 PM
RE: philco 48-1270 burning out r315 - by John R - 04-13-2012, 12:37 AM
RE: philco 48-1270 burning out r315 - by codefox1 - 04-13-2012, 02:16 AM
RE: philco 48-1270 burning out r315 - by rghines1 - 04-14-2012, 09:06 AM
RE: philco 48-1270 burning out r315 - by Arran - 04-14-2012, 11:38 PM



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