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Newbie with 38-116 & Questions
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Never be discouraged Ed!! The new capacitors you need for your vintage Philco Radio are available from several sources. Personally, I like doing business with Dave at (http://www.justradios.com/). Also A.E.S. has a good selection (http://www.tubesandmore.com) If this is your first restoration, as long as you carefully replace all your old caps one at a time, you will be fine since the set was already working. Start with your Filter Caps (electrolytics) first and follow proper UF (mfds) & separate voltage ratings from the orig cans on top of your chassis. The UF's & voltage ratings should be stamped or printed on those units. Also, those caps have a (+) and (-) and be careful of not getting them reversed. Once you have your new filter caps installed with proper polarity, the rest of your recap can be done by close inspection of reading the UFs (mfd's) & (voltage ratings) of all other old wax style tubular caps by reading the print on them individually, one at a time and careful replacement using a good 30-40 watt soldering-iron ,proper solder type (60-40) resin core from your local radio-shack. Go slow, 1 cap at a time, and ask questions here if you have any! On your 1st go-round with a "re-cap" job, I would'nt worry about "re-stuffing" the old orig caps at all. That is not necessary to getting your radio properly serviced! Just save all your original-caps you remove, and if you decide to "re-stuff" them someday housing your new caps, you can do that later also. Never be discouraged to learn a new hobby!! You have to go slow, and get your first-experience under your belt for a complete recap! Since your radio is working with the old-caps, ( even though they are not safe to use daily), I figure you can on your own, can get your vintage Philco as a daily-listener again! Keep the faith, and good luck with your Philco restoration! Randal


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