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Old 08-05-2019, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by vortalexfan View Post

Did this radio have the curtain burner cord on it?
Those were only on early AC-DC transformerless sets. They hadn't found a way to make all the heaters drop all the line voltage yet so they put a 3rd conductor made of resistance wire in the cord...Most of those were not really as bad as urban ledgend.
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