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A nice story. This person should consider replacing the capacitors in the radio, or having someone do it. The old, bad wax capacitors will quickly burn out th
by winrid 3y ago
A nice story.
This person should consider replacing the capacitors in the radio, or having someone do it.
The old, bad wax capacitors will quickly burn out the tubes. The tubes themselves are quite reliable.
If they do that, it could last decades more easily.
- topspin 3y agoThis is good advice. The worst failure mode in one of these receivers is repairing or replacing the transformers. Tubes are easy, if sometimes expensive. But the transformers are frequently specific to a manufacturer or model. The main way transformers are ruined is bad caps. Otherwise they'll last forever. Wax capacitors from back in the day are hot garbage. Also, these things can and should be updated to correctly ground the chassis, add fuse(s) and have a polarized power cord with sane insulation, as opposed to cloth.
- ddingus 3y agoSeconded. Transformers are unobtainum at this point. And rewinding or making new ones is a lot of largely impractical work. Lol, cotton wire insulation. Old circuits are sometimes laughable to look at.