Philco 41-280 question

[DavGoodlin]

Thanks Reece. I was wasting time using rubber cement on crumbly paper all these years. I may end up keeping the overall high-quality Zenith speaker in this radio since its a special restoration in exchange for a Magnavox Windsor the guy gave me. The Windsor was too big and heavy and he just wanted it gone. This Philco came from the same estate and he wanted this one working. I need this Philco speaker to restore a Philco 118X anyway.

I did try a 400 ohm resistor in series and got it down to 215, so I'll hunt for a 750 ohm instead. It draws 75 ma without the resistor in the circuit, so that will get us closer. Thanks Tom

Dave- The original caps were only 16 and 20 mfd and I replaced them with 22 and 33 mfd respectively. I agree the inductance of the field coil does great double duty, making a "pi" filter with the two caps, then acting as an electromagnet for the speaker.

Update: This radio sounds fantastic and looks almost new. It was placed in a silent auction at Habitat ReStore.

[Reece]

Rubber cement eventually dries out. The fabric glue makes a good and tough coating.