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Old 05-30-2011, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by stusnyder View Post
I started with this little guy, the tubes are a 43, 25z5, two 77's, and a 78.
If there's no power resistor to drop the powerline voltage to the heater string, this radio may have used a "curtain burner" power cord, one with resistance wire to drop the voltage. This cord would get warm. And probably decayed so bad that it was cut off.
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