12-22-2013, 03:53 PM
Just this morning was looking at the pilot lamp of the 42-400 I'm working on and found this thread. Awesome. Ordered a few of the 220V lamps from Amazon for this one and a 42-1015 next up on the rack.
I'm really getting to like these immediate pre-war consoles. The 42-400 with the 14" speaker makes for fairly good powerful sound..but like Ron says a bit strong on the bass...
This one had a phono jack so with a small passive amp/resistor it is playing my internet radio etc.
The rubber wire confounds me at times...the pilot lamp on this one...the red wire was nearly dust while the green was still pliable and not needing replacement. Some of the red below deck was also crumbling but again some was just fine. It seems also that if you don't poke the bear(rubber wiring) it is just fine.
Again thanks for the pilot lamp tip and congrats on a decent restoration! Looks awesome....
I'm really getting to like these immediate pre-war consoles. The 42-400 with the 14" speaker makes for fairly good powerful sound..but like Ron says a bit strong on the bass...
This one had a phono jack so with a small passive amp/resistor it is playing my internet radio etc.
The rubber wire confounds me at times...the pilot lamp on this one...the red wire was nearly dust while the green was still pliable and not needing replacement. Some of the red below deck was also crumbling but again some was just fine. It seems also that if you don't poke the bear(rubber wiring) it is just fine.
Again thanks for the pilot lamp tip and congrats on a decent restoration! Looks awesome....
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