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organgrinder010.blogspot.com Radio plays after more than 40 years of silence. Almost lost to the dumpster, it was saved and stored, in hopes that it could one day be resurrected. In 2006, restoration began. I replaced all capacitors, resistors, wiring, and the Power transformer -As well as a few...
Tags: Radio Antique chassis primer rust RCA 1934 262
Painting chassis with primer. Some marginal tips. IF and Coil cans might be coated or plated with something. So on second thought, don't listen to me when I say to use Mothers MAG and Aluminum polish, Best bet, Leave the IF Cans and Coils cans alone and don't bother trying to polish them up.
Tags: RCA 262 Antique radio allwave bands shortwave repair aztec pattern 1934.
Beautiful RCA 262 Five band Allwave Receiver. Near the top of the line for 1934 for RCA. Hopefully I can get it to work before the Aztec calender runs out in 2012! Caution: Tube Radios utilize high voltages that can kill you! For some background on me. I tinkered with an old radio when I was a...
Tags: RCA 810K Antique Radio Repair.
Revisited on Jan 2010. The field coil is running maybe too hot. I am thinking I need to check the B+ voltage. And the plate voltages of the 6F6 audio output tubes. This radio has a new output transformer and I never checked the B+ volatage and tube plate volatages like I did in the RCA 262. Well,...
Tags: Aztec Pattern Repair 1934
Beautiful RCA 262 5 Band Allwave Receiver. Part 2 Doing some preliminary checks. Power transformer looks OK so far. I ran power to it for 10 minutes and got approprite voltages for the AC to the rectifier, and also got the 6.3 volts for the tube filaments and the 5 volts for the rectifier...
Tags: RCA 262 chassis rust primer repair antique radio.
Finished priming the chassis. Note: I have no clue, but I might get lucky on this. NOTE: IF and COIL cans might be plated or coated with something, so best bet is to leave them alone!
Tags: chassis rust IF cans antique radio repair stainless steel paint primer plating.
Chassis painting is finished!! RF and IF cans re-installed. Ready to start the electronic repairs. Compare to part 2 of the RCA 262 repair to see what the chassis looked like before I stripped the rust and primed and painted.
Tags: RCA 810K Antique Radio Repair tips
Some helpful tips discovered while repairing my 1938 RCA 810K. Disclaimer: Antique tube radios contain LETHAL voltages that can KILL YOU. Read up on safety procedures. To avoid fire hazard, Replace or put 600volt heatshrink tubing on badly crumbled wires. If unsure, take radio to qualified...
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Final things completed. All tube voltages rechecked. Power resistor is mounted. Radio is now plugged into the AC outlet and not the Variac. Final burn in before cover is put on and reinstalled in the cabinet. After I made the video I got a scroll saw blade for my jigsaw and made the one inch...
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