21-11-2011, 05:52 PM
Hello all
I have finally finished bringing this set back to life.
To be honest it was not that difficult as it is a superhet from 1946. I do think it is an earlier chassis from the late 30's modified slightly from the original circuitry as it still uses the Ever Ready side contact valves, and was issued in a new cabinet as makers returned to domestic production.
There are only about 5 or six wax caps in the set, all were checked for leakage, they all leaked so were changed, and the decoupling electrolytic of 8uf.
As it is a battery only set there are no smoothers.
Some of the wiring looms had to be remade, that for the battery plug, speakers and frame aerial.
The only other major problem was the speaker magnet was not correctly aligned so the cone had no movement. there was also some rust on the mating faces. once cleaned the magnet was put back in and gently nipped up, then with a brass faced watchmakers mallet gently tapped to centralise it.
The cabinet was given a good clean with brasso and the tuning dial plastic with warm soapy water.
Once connected up to the battery eliminator it halfway worked but was not very sensitive. A clean of the wavechange switch soon resolved that problem and the set is exceptionally sensitive on both MW and LW.
The observant of you will note there is no space within the cabinet for a battery, there is a slot cut in the back for the battery plug and loom to poke through to enable connection to the battery.
In all a neat set and pleasing on the eye
cheers Mark
I have finally finished bringing this set back to life.
To be honest it was not that difficult as it is a superhet from 1946. I do think it is an earlier chassis from the late 30's modified slightly from the original circuitry as it still uses the Ever Ready side contact valves, and was issued in a new cabinet as makers returned to domestic production.
There are only about 5 or six wax caps in the set, all were checked for leakage, they all leaked so were changed, and the decoupling electrolytic of 8uf.
As it is a battery only set there are no smoothers.
Some of the wiring looms had to be remade, that for the battery plug, speakers and frame aerial.
The only other major problem was the speaker magnet was not correctly aligned so the cone had no movement. there was also some rust on the mating faces. once cleaned the magnet was put back in and gently nipped up, then with a brass faced watchmakers mallet gently tapped to centralise it.
The cabinet was given a good clean with brasso and the tuning dial plastic with warm soapy water.
Once connected up to the battery eliminator it halfway worked but was not very sensitive. A clean of the wavechange switch soon resolved that problem and the set is exceptionally sensitive on both MW and LW.
The observant of you will note there is no space within the cabinet for a battery, there is a slot cut in the back for the battery plug and loom to poke through to enable connection to the battery.
In all a neat set and pleasing on the eye
cheers Mark
Keep on Fiddling!
