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Philco 20 console
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11-12-2013, 08:42 PM
Hello, I have a philco 20 console bought it about a month ago and didn't work(Low Boy I think it’s called same guts as cathedral model 20) After playing around with the capacitors and wiring I finally got it working, sounded great for awhile. The problem I have is when it finally did play the speaker started to smoke and sparks started coming out of the back side, black wrapping around some coil I think, a small hole developed that the sparks came out of. I turned it off immediately . Any ideas on what caused it, are there parts out there to replace the coil or should I just try and find a replacement speaker, if so any ideas on where I can find one?

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Philco 20 console - by Nickster - 11-12-2013, 08:42 PM
RE: Philco 20 console - by klondike98 - 11-12-2013, 11:21 PM
RE: Philco 20 console - by morzh - 11-13-2013, 09:58 AM
RE: Philco 20 console - by Nickster - 11-13-2013, 02:22 PM
RE: Philco 20 console - by morzh - 11-13-2013, 03:09 PM
RE: Philco 20 console - by klondike98 - 11-13-2013, 04:09 PM



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