12-09-2019, 04:50 PM
Had the time to replace all the pitch paper capacitors today.
Set works, tunes stations but with bad whistling either side of strong stations and obvious IF oscillation.
A quick valve swap solved nothing so its going to be more complicated than a recap.
Soldered the thermal link back together and hooked it onto both hooks on the transformer, done.
Fitted a fresh 3 core mains lead and earthed the chassis, transformer is not distressed, I feel happier with a proper lead and an earth rather than my temporary two core suicide lead.
Oh, and fitted a new light bulb, one of the originals is still working!
Set works, tunes stations but with bad whistling either side of strong stations and obvious IF oscillation.
A quick valve swap solved nothing so its going to be more complicated than a recap.
Soldered the thermal link back together and hooked it onto both hooks on the transformer, done.
Fitted a fresh 3 core mains lead and earthed the chassis, transformer is not distressed, I feel happier with a proper lead and an earth rather than my temporary two core suicide lead.
Oh, and fitted a new light bulb, one of the originals is still working!
Boater Sam.
