Hoffman 706 SOLAR 1960's

[Buzzsaaw]

I ended up cutting the back of the Solar panel plastic off.. I just traced around and around with an Xacto knife until it popped off. What I found as the cause of the Solar panel not working was the wires leading from one solar "chip" to the next were either un-soldered or cold soldered. Leading me to believe that my Dads setting the radio upside down on top of a lit lamp caused the solder to melt. I re-soldered all the connections lightly and the panel came back to life!

I then changed out all the Ecaps and the radio works! After 45 years.. it's making music again!

Nice!

Buzz