18-12-2023, 04:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-12-2023, 04:37 PM by Mike Watterson.)
Not too bad.
Some sockets don't have the clip which anyway can rust and seize resulting in valve damage on insertion or removal. Really the clips only needed (if at all) for car radios and transportable sets, oh and a few battery sets, but most common was the DK40 and the other valves would be B7G anyway. The DK40 replaced by DK92, USA used 1L6. The DK91 and DK96 weren't much good for SW.
Take off the spring clips!
Most resistors in a valve set can be +/- 25% or more and it won't make much difference. Cathode resistors (especially) and some screen grid resistors are the exception, needing better tolerance.
Sounds like you are on the home stretch. You have a castle, hall, mansion etc to put the Stereo Decola in? I'd have to remove the settee and sit on the hearth if we had one.
I like to change caps one at a time and cut leaving a stub of wire.
Some sockets don't have the clip which anyway can rust and seize resulting in valve damage on insertion or removal. Really the clips only needed (if at all) for car radios and transportable sets, oh and a few battery sets, but most common was the DK40 and the other valves would be B7G anyway. The DK40 replaced by DK92, USA used 1L6. The DK91 and DK96 weren't much good for SW.
Take off the spring clips!
Most resistors in a valve set can be +/- 25% or more and it won't make much difference. Cathode resistors (especially) and some screen grid resistors are the exception, needing better tolerance.
Sounds like you are on the home stretch. You have a castle, hall, mansion etc to put the Stereo Decola in? I'd have to remove the settee and sit on the hearth if we had one.
I like to change caps one at a time and cut leaving a stub of wire.
