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Philco 41-280 NO Sound
#1

Just recapped the radio.. turned on all tubes light.. but NO audio from speaker... NO HUM NO NOTHING..

What am I missing?

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#2

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Speaker is not plugged in?

On a serious note:

1. Have you checked the speaker, the field coil of it, and the voice coil (conveniently the xfmr is not on the speaker so no unsoldering necessary)
2. The connector at the speaker?
3. The output xfmr?

Have you checked the tubes and their connections ?
Touching the 7C8 grid?

I mean.....there is not much.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#3

YUP Output transformer I thought i checked it before and it was good..No B+ to the 41 tubes..

Philco Part number 32-8120M

Looks like I will be looking for one..

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#4

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Possibly 125 Hammond could do. C or D, I think.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#5

Ok thanks I will look it up

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#6

I used a Hammond P-T125C in my 40-180 and it worked great.

Vinny
Greensburg, IN

"We don't care what you do...just don't electrocute yourself or burn the house down."
-My Parents
#7

Ok replaced the output transformer.. i now get a load hum from speaker.the loudness changes with the volume.. no other noise and no stations heard..

I do not have the loop antenna attached..Question does it need the loop to work? or will it do something without the loop attached.

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#8

Wouldn't hurt to hookup the loop.

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
#9

It should work without any antenna, at least for some stations.
Yes it would remove that question if you connect the loop. Or just a piece of wire to the antenna screw.
If you get loud hum correlating with volume you should investigate it first.
You could try to pass IF signal through....or any signal.

Or keep touching grids, see where it stop.
Or remove tubes, also see where it stops.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#10

Ok Got hold of the loop antenna.. It worked.. was able to receive many stations on AM also some on SW.. However the hum is still there.. not as load and stations cover it up.. but still there.. I tried adding extra filter capacitance.. but no help..

Anything else I CAN TRY TO GET RID OF HUM?

SKIP
#11

(1) Is the hum a constant level regardless of volume control setting... or does it vary with the VC setting?
Constant...

(2) Is the hum very loud or is it just a "background" type noise?
Not real load but annoying

(3) Is the hum a 60Hz tone or a 120 Hz tone?

Seems like 60hz..

Does hum go away with volume turned all the way down? NO Constant hum hum doesn't get loader with volume

Do both #41 tubes have B+ voltage an pin #2? YES 183 volts, 181 volts
Does pin #3 of each #41 tube have voltage? YES 185 volts, 171 volts

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