Vintage HiFi Audio Forum
Audio Discussion => TUBES TUBES TUBES => Topic started by: Mongojustpawn on October 07, 2014, 03:29:08 PM
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I just got this radio today at the thrift shop, model H-845, S-53555, am/fm/fm afc, diagram on case bottom shows 8 tubes, dated 1961, 35 watts, has 2 speakers, sounds pretty decent. Needs cleaned up inside and out.
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couple pics
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35 watts is the current draw, I am sure. Give us the tube complement and we can probably ballpark the output.
I don't see a power transformer, be ware that it s probably a hot chassis.
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I read on antiqueradio.com, (I think) that the output is 10 watts, and that the chassis is hot. Here's a tube list, Sylvania 12at7, all Zenith, 35c5, 19t8, 12au6, (2) 12ba6, 6a84, 6bj6.
I pulled the chassis out, for a cleaning and deoxit of controls and tube sockets, put it back together and it still plays. My only functional tube gear.
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Good candidate for practice re-capping. You can also re wire the chassis to make it safer, antique radio sites will show you how.
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Thats a 50's radio with ceramic disc caps instead of paper caps.
You may only need to change the filter caps and clean and align it.
I have one and some people thinks its good sounding and some call it an audiophile radio but I think its better than some but not the best i've heard.
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Here's a pic of Anders radio from the media section here on the forum. You can see a lot of his radios there.
http://vintagehifipgh.com/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=259;preview (http://vintagehifipgh.com/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=259;preview)
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Mine has a date stencil I presume of 2/62, on the bottom, as for recapping, my initial foray into restoration has not gone well, and I'm kind of gun shy. Here's a link to my other project.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=615068 (http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=615068)
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Just checked out Anders' radios, some great looking stuff.
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Thanks.
Bunni took more pics than I thought but its not all of them.