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Originally Posted by NoPegs
Have you... tested... the output tube after your lapse of cognizance?  |
Yes, I tested the tubes after my idiotic mistake.
LOL! In my defense, I just bet I'm not the first person to put a tube in the wrong socket!
The 7Y4 rectifier tested odd in that it would go high on the scale initially, then back way off into the red or bad. A replacement not any other rectifier that I have tested ever tested quite that way. I am going to try it in the working set I borrowed it from just to note the effect. Also, I jumped a few small value caps as everything is original old waxies. No differences there...
Earlier I hooked up the two sets of antennas as I noted that they had trimmer capacitors on them and I knew that Philcos of this design are notorious for having issues without the antenna hooked up. I was startled by the sound (finally) of some evangelist screaming about the voice of God rushing from my speaker at full volume! So, I am getting somewhere.
Evidently I wired the volume potentiometer up wrong as its full volume all the time. I checked the pot of course and it's within specs. The old one was fully open as I cracked the lid in hope of repairing it, but the carbon was just eaten away at both ends. I created this post mainly to tap this wonderful pool of knowledge about what could or did happen in such a case. Also, having a few nice old Philcos' I thought that others interested in them might chime in with other good info., stories or whatnot.
I'll update as progress continues.....