Junkley record player from August, 2013

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Friends & family have given me "Electronics" over the past several years for Xmas & my birthday. They MEAN well, but I wish they just keep their money..I got a "Bubbler" radio several yrs back, it VAGUELY resembled a tombstone, w/Christmas Tree "Bubblers".. The lights dimmed on it if you turned it up above whisper-level.. It ACTUALLY received fairly well.. But civilians rarely know the difference between "Lightning" & "Lightning Bug" in radio sets..

I guess it was supposed to resemble a Wurlitzer 1015 juke box. They had the bubble lights on both sides of it.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I guess it was supposed to resemble a Wurlitzer 1015 juke box. They had the bubble lights on both sides of it.

Aye-Yup. That be the one... I sold the house I lived in when I got it, can't remember if it made the trip w/me...Guess I'll lose sleep over it tonite...NOT !

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Aye-Yup. That be the one... I sold the house I lived in when I got it, can't remember if it made the trip w/me...Guess I'll lose sleep over it tonite...NOT !

Hope it was not one like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Crosley-CR12-2...rosley+jukebox
My word!

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jr

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Hope it was not one like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Crosley-CR12-2...rosley+jukebox
My word!

Not affiliated,
jr

Naw... This was a little thing, MAYBE a foot tall..

[Beachboy]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Naw... This was a little thing, MAYBE a foot tall..

Yeah Sandy, I had that same model, and like yours, the lights on mine dimmed when the radio was cranked up. I got tired of it gathering dust, so I put it up for sale on Craig's List for $5, but when I went to make sure everything worked OK, the on/off switch for the "bubbler lights" broke. So I dropped the price to a whopping $3 (and probably spent that much money in gasoline driving to a store parking lot to meet the purchaser).

I also noticed on at least some of these Crosleys, the power transformer is wired directly to the AC line and the secondary is switched, so the radio is sucking some power even when it's turned off.