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Mid-century portable 53-658
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Yes, the Philco P-274 battery is still there so if I can separate the outer printed cardboard from the guts of the battery I can make the replacement.  Its voltages are A+ @ 9v and B+ @ 90v.

The IR5 tube was indeed cracked and you could easily see the crack after taking the tube out.  Good call Terry.  The IU4 tube is also bad.

I moved the thread to the electronic restoration as I've started to take a look at the chassis.  Here's the underside.  You can see that one of the components has failed completely.  I believe its C15 in the schematic based on its position in the circuit, although I've not come across a cap that looks like the one in the photo before.  Looks more like a resistor or coil.  Anyone seen a cap that looked like that, perhaps a later repair??

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8mbx2uyqj9q4pm....jpg?raw=1]

Close up of failed cap
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/obiw7qs8cnkc4j....jpg?raw=1]


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Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-13-2015, 10:18 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by sam - 08-14-2015, 03:28 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by Radioroslyn - 08-14-2015, 06:08 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by Arran - 09-01-2015, 03:37 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by codefox1 - 08-14-2015, 09:25 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-14-2015, 12:21 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-14-2015, 03:30 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by Raleigh - 08-16-2015, 09:03 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-16-2015, 11:17 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by Eliot Ness - 08-17-2015, 06:41 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-17-2015, 11:19 AM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by sam - 08-17-2015, 12:46 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by codefox1 - 08-17-2015, 05:56 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-17-2015, 07:03 PM
RE: Mid-century portable 53-658 - by klondike98 - 08-18-2015, 01:15 PM



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