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Congrats on your fine purchase! Unplug it !!, dont take any chances until new filter caps have been installed!! Playing "russian-roulette" with a vintage original Philco power transformer in that radio could win you the 2008 "duh- award" real fast!! No disrespect intended! That would be a real shame since new filter-caps are easily replaced. A good ol 1 amp fuse inline on one side of the ac cord is also highly recommended. Enjoy your new Philco!!!

I don't plan on winning that award! I don't usually play my radios until I have gone through them. I do like to put them on a variac and ramp up the voltage slowly when I first get them, mainly to check to see what works, and what doesn't. If the chassis is in bad shape, then I don't plug it in at all. The Concert Grand will get a going-through, but I first have to finish projects that are already lined up in my work shop. NO starting any new ones, as much as I'd like to!!

As a side note regarding inline fuses, my Philco 37-690 has a large end on the power cord, which has not one, but TWO fuses contained inside. It looks original, but is it?

Brad