06-11-2025, 11:07 AM
OK, I will try to drop some photos here.
Initial findings in amongst the dust.
13A fuse in the plug of course!
There were 2 nasty, homemade ally heat reflectors in the top of the cabinet connected to the chassis which is earthed. The cabinet looks to be homemade and is quite crude.
The speaker cone edge is completely detached from the basket and the output transformer is O/C. The 11 screws were probably to clamp it tight to the fret!
There was a change over switch and jack socket on the speaker leads, removed. Could be why the transformer is O/C.
Valves, VR99, VR56, VR55, 6V6G, 5Z4G. Ex RAF front end valves, roughly equivalents to X66, EF36 and EBC33.
Decent looking mains transformer which will need checking out prior to power on.
One electrolytic can is dated Jan 48, I bet its not much good. Made by BL Callenders which is a new one to me. Seems to be the precursor to BICC.
The chassis in the main looks to be a production job, the RF section with wave change switch and its coils and trimmers seems to be part and parcel to the chassis but the back edge has been mutilated and the rear section bolted on.
The tuning capacitor, 2 section, has an illuminated slot, slow motion drive, which lights the tuning scale as a pointer. Thankfully no dial cords!!
The tuning scale seems to be celluloid and badly distorted by heat. There is no makers name on it.
There is a huge tag panel carrying most of the resistors and capacitors oddly mounted at an angle underneath.
So it appears to be a mash up of ex gov bits added to an existing chassis. I have no idea what the original chassis could have been used in, anyone got a clue?
I will progress towards getting it going again.
Sam.
Initial findings in amongst the dust.
13A fuse in the plug of course!
There were 2 nasty, homemade ally heat reflectors in the top of the cabinet connected to the chassis which is earthed. The cabinet looks to be homemade and is quite crude.
The speaker cone edge is completely detached from the basket and the output transformer is O/C. The 11 screws were probably to clamp it tight to the fret!
There was a change over switch and jack socket on the speaker leads, removed. Could be why the transformer is O/C.
Valves, VR99, VR56, VR55, 6V6G, 5Z4G. Ex RAF front end valves, roughly equivalents to X66, EF36 and EBC33.
Decent looking mains transformer which will need checking out prior to power on.
One electrolytic can is dated Jan 48, I bet its not much good. Made by BL Callenders which is a new one to me. Seems to be the precursor to BICC.
The chassis in the main looks to be a production job, the RF section with wave change switch and its coils and trimmers seems to be part and parcel to the chassis but the back edge has been mutilated and the rear section bolted on.
The tuning capacitor, 2 section, has an illuminated slot, slow motion drive, which lights the tuning scale as a pointer. Thankfully no dial cords!!
The tuning scale seems to be celluloid and badly distorted by heat. There is no makers name on it.
There is a huge tag panel carrying most of the resistors and capacitors oddly mounted at an angle underneath.
So it appears to be a mash up of ex gov bits added to an existing chassis. I have no idea what the original chassis could have been used in, anyone got a clue?
I will progress towards getting it going again.
Sam.
Boater Sam.
