42-355 field coil gets very warm

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42-355 field coil gets very warm

Ron Ramirez
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07-03-2008, 10:28 AM

Welcome, Pilkco! Icon_smile

Glad to have you aboard.

Just thought I would mention that while some Philco field coils may run warm (especially those made after 1938), they should never run HOT! If they do, a problem is indicated.

And as others have mentioned here, today's line voltages are higher than they were during radio's Golden Age; so transformers will run warmer (sometimes hotter). It is always good to reduce the line voltage through use of a buck/boost transformer set-up or dropping resistor, if you plan to run your radio a lot.

The voltage here varies between 125 and 128...the power transformers of various radios I have had here vary from barely lukewarm to very hot at full line voltage. My friend Ed Locker sent me a bucking transformer setup, mounted in a metal enclosure, which reduces the line voltage to 110, and makes those power transformers run cooler.

Finally, whenever I have to have a power transformer rewound, I ask for a primary of 130 volts in order to eliminate the hot transformer problem.

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Ron Ramirez
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