The Philco 41-231 Still Sings Beautifully!

[TUD1]

I went to the library and printed out the schematic for the radio. Too bad I can't read it. I will be going to a local speaker reconing shop in the next week to see about getting the speaker reconed. I'd rather it be done by a proffesional. I also ordered 13 non electrolytic caps today, so they should get here soon. But what to do about the big blue electrolytic cap. It says "Blu Seal-Dry Electrolytic Cap-80 Mfd red, 50 Mfd blue, Neg. Com. Black" Can you still buy these? What should I replace it with?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by TUD1

I went to the library and printed out the schematic for the radio. Too bad I can't read it. I will be going to a local speaker reconing shop in the next week to see about getting the speaker reconed. I'd rather it be done by a proffesional. I also ordered 13 non electrolytic caps today, so they should get here soon. But what to do about the big blue electrolytic cap. It says "Blu Seal-Dry Electrolytic Cap-80 Mfd red, 50 Mfd blue, Neg. Com. Black" Can you still buy these? What should I replace it with?

The scanned Riders schematics and extremely hard to read. The originals in the Riders manuals, seem to be clearer and easier to read.
You don't need an electrolytic capacitor, with that high of a value. If you're using the original speaker, 22 mfd @ 160 wvdc is sufficient. The originals were only 20-20 mfd @ 150 volts.