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16b restoration help needed
Tamurphy67
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02-15-2014, 01:37 AM
Just finished my first restoration on a 16b. I replaced all the caps and whatever resistors needed to be replaced. Also had the tubes tested and the on off volume control switch is new ( built by Mark at old radio parts ). When I first turned it on the volume was very high and could not be controlled. I realized the pot was not grounded, so I fixed that. Now the volume does not get very loud at all. No where near as loud as it was when I first had it on. Any ideas? The only cap I haven't replaced is the one on the volume control knob, but it seemed to be ok when I tested it on my multimeter. Haven't started the alignment yet. Could that be the problem?
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16b restoration help needed - by Tamurphy67 - 02-15-2014, 01:37 AM
RE: 16b restoration help needed - by tab10672 - 02-15-2014, 10:17 PM
RE: 16b restoration help needed - by morzh - 02-15-2014, 10:20 PM
RE: 16b restoration help needed - by Tamurphy67 - 02-15-2014, 10:21 PM
RE: 16b restoration help needed - by morzh - 02-15-2014, 11:12 PM
RE: 16b restoration help needed - by gregb - 02-16-2014, 04:31 PM



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