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So where should I start.... Philco 38-116
louxwe
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03-06-2015, 02:19 AM
Yes Terry you are correct, the pictures are where the tubes where when I got it and the 5x tube was not installed in the right place. I reinstalled all of the tubes in the correct locations and did another dim bulb test tonight and this time it burned brightly and never dimmed. I also did with with all the tubes out except the rectifier plugged in and this also burned brightly never dimming, so I took everything out. Even before I turned anything on the rectifier tube never passed the tube continuity checker so it is probably dead. Unplugged all of the tubes and put them in a box (except the one that I accidentally broke when I knocked it on some metal) so I just worked on vacuuming and cleaning the chassis.

Jerry couple of questions on 1. above. When you say meter, I have a digital volt ohm meter that they sell at every hardware store, will that one work, I believe it is Cen-tech 7 function?
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