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11-26-2010, 09:46 PM
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Dead radio I restored: bad power plug!
Seems the outlet in Mom's bedroom didn't like the somewhat chewed up prong on the power plug on this radio, an Airline 83BR-502, I restored some years ago.
 . Was a big clunky rubber grip plug, changed to to a more period piece ivory bakelite roundish plug, the sort used on lamps of the radio's era. I did make one prong a bit fatter to make it polarized. I soldered a piece of 18 AWG solid wire to the side of the prong, then filed it to shape it. This makes the very exposed in the back radio chassis directly connect to the Neutral, the radio's power switch is on the hot side (to the ballast and rectifier).This set used to be her father's.
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Last edited by wa2ise; 11-26-2010 at 09:49 PM. 
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11-26-2010, 10:27 PM
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Was one side of the AC wired to the chassis originally ? The last few hot chassis radios I've worked on have the switch on the chassis side.
Seems to me I should rewire them the way your radio is for safety. Neutral direct to chassis and move the switch to the hot side before the ballast.
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