1952 Westinghouse Model H-378T5

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Originally Posted by Olorin67

Ive seen old radios where old dried up electrolytics were left in the circuit when lazy repairmen bridged them with new parts. Problem is, as the old caps continue to deteriorate with age they could short out. Always best to remove the old part from the circuit even if it is left in for appearance.

I couldn't agree more, but what surprised me is that this radio is still running off of its original filter caps and its hum free yet.

The issue that has me thrown off is how the radio was able to work with the vented paper coupling cap still in the circuit...