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Newbie with Philco 531
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I don't know why I didn't just think of this in the first place - the schematic gives the voltages on the plates of the tubes connected to either side of the resistor so it was easy to figure out what wattage it was. I guess the glass encased technology of the 20's component made me forget about Ohm's law and P=VxI Icon_lol Ended up putting in a 68K at 2 watt that I had.

Also picked up a 38-7 in decent shape that I stumbled on locally through craigslist yesterday. Slowly brought that one up on the variac and works wonderfully although I am still going to recap that one. Also pick up some German and Spanish sounding stations on the shortwave band which was interesting. I like the sound much better on the 38-7, it's nice, rich and warm sounding whereas the 531 seemed a bit flat and more "midrange-y" in comparison. Wonder if the sound on the 531 is due to the Utah speaker and would benefit from a matching transformer and PM replacement, or is this just a characteristic of the 1928 set?


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Newbie with Philco 531 - by TonyJSenior - 10-12-2007, 07:32 AM
531 Newbie Update - by TonyJSenior - 10-12-2007, 12:02 PM
Update - by TonyJSenior - 10-12-2007, 02:57 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-12-2007, 03:58 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 10-13-2007, 11:43 AM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-13-2007, 06:39 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 10-13-2007, 11:50 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-14-2007, 11:55 AM
Back and thanks - by TonyJSenior - 10-14-2007, 06:09 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-14-2007, 07:47 PM
Question about resistor wattage - by TonyJSenior - 10-18-2007, 04:13 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-18-2007, 08:49 PM
Resistor value - by TonyJSenior - 10-18-2007, 09:06 PM
Clarification to last post - by TonyJSenior - 10-18-2007, 09:13 PM
Recapped! - by TonyJSenior - 10-20-2007, 12:40 AM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-20-2007, 09:37 AM
[No subject] - by TonyJSenior - 10-23-2007, 03:11 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-23-2007, 04:25 PM



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