Phillips V5A

[bobhowe]

Hi just started to work on my Philips V5A that I bought in 2021 the Good points are it is complete with back and the hard to get the mains plug that is attached to the back . The Bakelite cabinet is in good condition and it has got is original knobs and cloth bag round the back of the loudspeaker and the wooden base is in good condition with no wood worm . The bad points are the tuning drive chord is snapped ( due to a seized tuning pointer ) and it had a shocking repair Job about 60 Years ago the 2 smoothing capacitors have been cut from the mounting plate and 2 replacement capacitors soldered and taped with Empire tape and not secured to the set and left next to the mains transformer . The other issues is the mains transformer is missing 2 mounting screws 3 wires to the sets ground and the sets rubber feet are perished . Removed the base from the set and as David Boynes had suggested on my other thread that once the the sets base has been removed re stringing the tuning chord might be not a bad job as it looks kind regards Bob

[Radio Fixer]

Bob, I wish you well with that one.

I have worked on many Philips sets, some more difficult than others : Monknobs with pots that cant be replaced easily, the motor tuned with hundreds of parts but could never face a V5 or V7.

What a strange design it is and can never be made to look good inside however much effort you put into it. If I came across an original, untouched, I would just leave it that way. There is a story, maybe not true, that they left one or more IF cans off the transformer /s, and used the speaker magnet as screening of the item.

Please put up some pics

Gary

[ppppenguin]

I've just looked at the photos on Radiomuseum. Only Philips could have designed an interior layout like that.

[DrStrangelove]

ROTFLMFAO: Stone me, someone must have been taking mind altering substances to "design" that.

[boater sam]

I regard the V5A as a practice piece for trainee wiremen. 
OK, they saved money by having no chassis but the wiring and labour must have outweighed any savings.
Only Philips.............................

[Mike Watterson]

The two British Philips models V5A and V7A with the same cabinet have no chassis. The components are fixed to the inner Bakelite structure. This is quite a challenge for a repair. This Philips unit should be the cheap Philips answer to the Philco Peoples Set at those times.
There are similar cabinets as V4A and V6A in the Netherlands. Theatrette is a (later) nickname of the collectors. The Philips V7A features a tone control switch on the left-hand side and both have at the right-hand side the wave-range switch.

From Radiomuseum notes.

Mad!

[bobhowe]

Hi everyone I like a challenge ( I replaced a full set of brake pipes on a Rolls - Royce Silver Shadow ) so the V5A can not be as bad as doing that job kind regards Bob

[DrStrangelove]

It's not obvious from the picture I found on line, but does it have uninsulated square section tinned copper wiring?

I ask because remember that from a Philips set I dismantled* in the dim & distant days of 55 or more years ago.

*To my eternal regret but which had zero value back then. Since the screws were metric even those were useless. Ho hum.

[Geordie McBoyne]

Showing the awful servicing carried out a long time ago, possible sixty years ago. Replacement HT electrolytic capacitors have been made as an attempt to give the interior of the set a more original appearance.
Removal of the cabinet base might facilitate refitting of the tuning scale cord.

I have a Philips V5A which also needs attention.

Geordie McBoyne.

[bobhowe]

Hi David thanks for posting my pictures of horrible repairs carried out on this set it would be nice to combine your Philips V5A on thread as well and it would be interesting what work yours needs to be done at least you are ahead of me as your tuning chord is not snapped . Next step is to work on the power supply kind regards Bob