[shaler78]

My Philco 47-1230 has a 5Y3 rectifier tube which seems to run fairly hot when in operation. Would there be any consequences I might experience if I were to use one of these solid-state rectifier replacements being sold on e-bay? Would it run cooler? I wouldn't want to damage any circuits in my radio since it took a lot of time and effort to restore this chassis, but it seems if I could cut down on some of this excess heat it may last longer. The transformer runs cool, but I've still mounted a small quiet cooling fan from an old desktop behind the chassis and behind the two 6V6 output and one 5Y3 rectifier tubes to maintain air flow.