1939 RCA TRK12 scored

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

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my left index finger is STILL healing from where i caught it on the sharp wire wrap point for 390v A for vertical linearity/height.

Ouch! Sort of reminds me of RF burns from horizontal output tubes...If you ever get one you'll have a small blackened crater in your skin as a souvenir until it heals....Ask me how I know.

[dtvmcdonald]

Replace the HV wire on the TRK12. It may look OK but its isn't ... I got bit right through it, a half-inch away. Luckily the inertia of my arm broke the arc. I thought I was being careful.

Good luck with the radio ... that tuning mechanism is a disaster just waiting 80 years to happen. Its a good radio though.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald

Replace the HV wire on the TRK12. It may look OK but its isn't ... I got bit right through it, a half-inch away. Luckily the inertia of my arm broke the arc. I thought I was being careful.

Good luck with the radio ... that tuning mechanism is a disaster just waiting 80 years to happen. Its a good radio though.

Interesting.
I'll have to see if I can get shoelace spaghetti to fit over a modern 40KV HV wire, or maybe use modern reproduction cloth covered automotive spark plug wire...When it comes to rare sets like this I kind of have to have inside the back look like it's all original to be happy.

Now I'm more interested in the radio than I was.

Originally Posted by old_coot88

Nothin' like an RF burn from a transmission line. You never know it's happening till you smell the hide burning.

Interesting.... Horizontal Output Plate caps have enough DC on them that you immediately you're being bit on top of the burn. I guess I'm lucky I haven't RF burned myself on other sources.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Ouch! Sort of reminds me of RF burns from horizontal output tubes...If you ever get one you'll have a small blackened crater in your skin as a souvenir until it heals....Ask me how I know.

Nothin' like an RF burn from a transmission line. You never know it's happening till you smell the hide burning.