[katielee]

Hello! I have a Philco Sterophonic High Fidedlity
Model Number 1537-- 124, I purchased it at a Thirft store and both speakers worked fine. I noticed after I returned from college last summer that someone had cut a left speaker chord. Before I rehab, to get the speaker right, what tools will I need? What electrical chord should I use to replace the cut chord that went into the left speaker? Also-- the tubes get very hot and sometimes smell when I play two songs on my record player. Is this normal? If not, what do I have to do to fix it?

Thank you!

[jerryhawthorne]

Katie, almost any wire will work to hook up your speaker. Look at the size of the wire and go to radio shack. You may have to buy a small roll of speaker hookup wire. If you have wire coming out of the speaker and also some going to the receiver, just strip the ends and add a piece inbetween, twisting the bare wires together tightly and wrap with some electrical tape. Not the most elegant solution but should work fine.
As for the smell and tubes, yes, tubes do get hot, some quite hot. It could be as simple as pulling the tubes one at a time and using a damp cloth to clean the dust off of them. Of course with the player off and cooled down.
Any tube radio system could use a good going through electrically. This requires some knowledge and a little bit for parts.
Jerry

[katielee]

Thank you Jerry! do you know where I can get parts and tubes? Thanks!

[klondike98]

Katie, Welcome to the Phorum. I think what Jerry meant was that since vacuum tubes typically get hot when they are turned on, any dust that is on them would start heat up and may be causing the smell. So yes its normal that they get hot. If you unplug the stereo, and then carefully pull the tube from the chassis (wiggle it a little as you pull it), clean the tube off, and then place it back into the socket you may get rid of the smell when you turn the stereo back on. You can find places to buy new tubes if you look here: http://www.philcoradio.com/resourceb.htm#w . As far as other parts and repair of the components in the chassis you would need a schematic. I think you probably have an M-1537 seen here: http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_m_1537m153.html and there happens to be a Sams photofact for sale on ebay for that model which would include the schematic at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PHILCO-L-1532-M-...1018688661 . I'd suggest reading this http://www.antiqueradio.org/begin.htm first. While yours is not a radio the concepts for repair/restoration of the chassis are similar. Others on this Phorum have restored phonographs and can advise you on specifics.

[katielee]

Thank you!!!

[katielee]

That is the exact Philco that I have!