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Originally Posted by RetroHacker
Try pulling the 50L6 out. That will kill your filament current (breaks the string) and your B+ (no rectifier filament, no output). See what happens. If the resistor still smokes, then there is a short somewhere. -Ian
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I pulled the 50l6 with no change, so i went looking for the short again. This time i found it,a pair of leads touching- when looked at from one angle it looked fine but from another angle it was touching. fresh eyes made the difference. I had looked at this thing so long yesterday that my eyes were crossing. Now the radio works great.
Another word of caution (to the new guy or gal that reads this), I knew it was time to stop last night when after putting both hands in the chassis i realized that i had not unplugged the radio, just turned it off at the volume knob. I didn't get shocked but i was getting tired and careless. I figured i dodged a bullet there. I probably should have stopped a couple of hours before i realized i needed to stop. Lesson learned.
I appreciate you guys helping me out.
Here's a pic of the two (now functional) radios i have under my belt so far. Time to start another. (1947 Bendix Model 697A step table radio with phantom dial)
Chris