02-02-2015, 09:45 PM
The mystery of the golden tube sockets has been solved!
I looked them up in the 1941 Philco parts catalog. Those sockets, according to that catalog, have "special moisture-proof insulation".
Well, moisture-proof or not, they are still crap.
I've decided not to try and open up the audio output transformer. It was covered with high temperature wax. Baking it in my old toaster oven did not melt it; but only softened it a bit. I've pulled the transformer from the mounting frame. The 46-1226 output transformer will fit perfectly in the frame.
The wax was likely applied in an attempt to moisture-proof the transformer. But as we know from dealing with Philco coils, the wax usually trapped moisture inside rather than keeping it out. So the wax was probably a contributing factor in the transformer's failure.
I looked them up in the 1941 Philco parts catalog. Those sockets, according to that catalog, have "special moisture-proof insulation".
Well, moisture-proof or not, they are still crap.
I've decided not to try and open up the audio output transformer. It was covered with high temperature wax. Baking it in my old toaster oven did not melt it; but only softened it a bit. I've pulled the transformer from the mounting frame. The 46-1226 output transformer will fit perfectly in the frame.
The wax was likely applied in an attempt to moisture-proof the transformer. But as we know from dealing with Philco coils, the wax usually trapped moisture inside rather than keeping it out. So the wax was probably a contributing factor in the transformer's failure.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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