08-07-2011, 06:42 PM
It's always the way: no matter how many fonts you've got you've never got the right one.
I could resist no longer and was also thinking that there was no point buying/making minor bits if there was something really nasty amiss with it.
I connected it up through the lamp-limiter with no valves in and it drew 40mA which showed that the transformer primary was OK. I then put the rectifier in, which had fallen out in transit, and that glowed. The current went up to 85mA and the HT was 360v. The smoothers couldn't have been too bad as they took a few seconds to discharge.
One little oddity is that it should have three separate ones but this set has a single and a double. I can't see any reference to this in the variations list but, as Tony pointed out, I don't expect they were all documented.
I then bunged the rest of the valves in and just about managed to pick up Absolute Radio. It sounded rotten but was like a dog walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
At least it's now definitely worth getting on with the other bits. I've seen a tuning cord drum somewhere but can't think where.
It's certainly proving an interesting job and I got a Premium Bond cheque this morning which has paid for it and at least some of the bits it'll need. I'm certainly very pleased to have it and it being smaller than I expected will make it easier to ultimately house.
- Joe
I could resist no longer and was also thinking that there was no point buying/making minor bits if there was something really nasty amiss with it.
I connected it up through the lamp-limiter with no valves in and it drew 40mA which showed that the transformer primary was OK. I then put the rectifier in, which had fallen out in transit, and that glowed. The current went up to 85mA and the HT was 360v. The smoothers couldn't have been too bad as they took a few seconds to discharge.
One little oddity is that it should have three separate ones but this set has a single and a double. I can't see any reference to this in the variations list but, as Tony pointed out, I don't expect they were all documented.
I then bunged the rest of the valves in and just about managed to pick up Absolute Radio. It sounded rotten but was like a dog walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
At least it's now definitely worth getting on with the other bits. I've seen a tuning cord drum somewhere but can't think where.
It's certainly proving an interesting job and I got a Premium Bond cheque this morning which has paid for it and at least some of the bits it'll need. I'm certainly very pleased to have it and it being smaller than I expected will make it easier to ultimately house.
- Joe
