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Advice for restoring 38-12
Ron Ramirez
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03-09-2008, 08:50 AM
http://www.philcoradio.com/resource.htm

You will probably find suitable replacements for the audio and power transformers from Radio Daze; or, if you want used originals, try Play Things Of Past.

The speaker is a different issue. Here, you have three choices:

1. replace with a modern PM speaker, substituting a 25 watt resistor under the chassis for the field coil; or

2. seek a good original speaker from a source such as Play Things Of Past, or a pull from another 38-12 chassis; or

3. have the speaker field rewound by a speaker repair shop.

Good luck. With all these problems, you may consider trying to find another 38-12 chassis with good parts, and using the one you now have as a parts donor?
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Advice for restoring 38-12 - by Guest - 03-06-2008, 09:25 PM
RE: Advice for restoring 38-12 - by Chuck Schwark - 04-21-2015, 09:09 AM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-07-2008, 12:47 AM
Thanks - another question - by Guest - 03-08-2008, 09:07 PM
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