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Hello,
No coil in this radio is related to the operation of the tube heaters. Here is simple test you should try with the radio not connected to the power line. 1 - With the radio off, connect your ohmmeter to the prongs of the power cord. You should get an infinite reading. 2 - Turn the power switch on. You should get some low reading (maybe a few tens of ohms). You are now measuring the cold resistance of the tube heaters in series. If you don't get a correct reading, something is wrong either with one or more tube, or with the wiring to the tube heaters. 3 - Assuming you got a correct result in the previous step, pull any of the tubes. You should get an infinite reading again. By the way, tubes take a few seconds to light up, as you can verify when testing them on your tube tester. Good luck! P.S.: the pilot light is a 110 V unit directly connected to the line, so it may light up even with something wrong with the tube heater circuit. Last edited by electroking; 11-14-2011 at 11:15 AM. Reason: added note |
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