02-21-2009, 01:35 AM
Generally, if the rectifier plates light up cherry red, there is a total, smack-bang short right off of the rectifier. Further, by the time that happens, the power transformer is on its way to oblivion. The transformers that Philco used are sturdier than most other companies used, so there could be a ray of hope. You might resort to prayer, also.
I have an RCA phono combination, where this same scenario took place. the tube was an 82, which is a mercury vapor rectifier. In that one, it also burned a hole in a plate, and sucked in a dimple in the tube glass. The power transformer had to be replaced, of course, and the windings were ashes.
I have an RCA phono combination, where this same scenario took place. the tube was an 82, which is a mercury vapor rectifier. In that one, it also burned a hole in a plate, and sucked in a dimple in the tube glass. The power transformer had to be replaced, of course, and the windings were ashes.
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