Hi Richard, indeed when you connect a grid directly to ground the tube will be dead. And to the plate it will act as a diode, so good that you explained that properly. And when radio coils are free moveable problems can be expected.... Good that you show the relativity of the meter readings, using a modern high impedance meter, that is perfect info for everyone liking to do radio repairs. Thanks for this video, as always, Ko Tilman/Radiofun232. 7 dec 2021.
Thank you Ko Tilman. The first time I saw the control grid connected to the plate it had me puzzled for a while. You don't run into it very often so I thought it was a good idea to explain that the tube is actually being used as a diode. Hope y'all have a very happy holidays and are looking forward to the new year. Rick
This is why I tend to shy away from sets that have recently been worked on. Too many times, I end up having to fix a big hack job and I've seen some that looked even worse.
Yes it is a shame how some people do so-called repairs. You're right of course when you find a radio that's been hacked up in increases the amount of work. Thank you for watching the video and I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new years.
Rick, is so good to see another awesome video from you. I have learned so much from you. You are the best teacher. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to share your knowledge and expertise so we can rescue these radios for future generations to enjoy the beauty of older technology. Have a fantastic day! Regards, JZ
Hi Rick, its great to see you back in action. I hope you are keeping well. I really enjoy your videos. Perhaps sometime you could do a video on a LW transmitter. All the best for now Al.
There was a "radio repairman" in Centralia/Chehalis Washington who removed all the parts from the tie strips and left them all as air connections, similar to that radio. I had a chance to buy many of his radios, but one look at the bottom of the chassis totally blew the deal. One of my friends bought a few of his sets and had to rework them, and while one of them worked when he had tested it at the gents home, by the time he got to his place, some of the parts had fallen off the air connections. He passed away many years back, but I never thought that someone else did this sort of poor work as you showed.
Hello Richard I hope you health continues to improve looking at Chassis.it like a fellow with stripped Apron has been at it know as the Butcher Yes it is problem when someone else has been at it Mate anyway I guess you repaired it and make safe, Greetings from Australia where have a wet start to Summer,Regards Ian.
Always heed the warnings about working in the back of these radios 📻. Some are a series-string (transformerless) set. This means that it’s a hot 🥵 chassis set. For instance, if you’ve got the volume knob (for example) removed, but ya have the radio 📻 on, and ya touch the knob shaft (it’s brass, or some sort of metal), ya will receive a very nasty 🤮 shock, and possibly worse. The chassis is also hot 🥵, and touching it would be detrimental as well. Upon working on these radios 📻, use an isolation transformer to dump the voltage. This will make the radio 📻 safe to work on. Many 👨 years ago, I was told not to work on TV’s, even when unplugged. The 25.000, or 45.000 volts (I don’t remember which), stored in the picture tube flyback (if I’m not mistaken), is enough to cause major bodily damage, fires 🔥, or ruined 😠 equipment. Use an isolation transformer here, too, if it’s adequate. Sorry 😞 about the long comment, and the emojis. Your friend, Jeff.
Yes Jeff you should Always Use an Isolation Transformer! You’ll find this in the ABOUT. You maybe interested in my FREE ebook. The password is allamericanfiveradio czcams.com/users/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2hhVTRycWdJd1FUbTFCZWNmdGtQNlZCRmEzd3xBQ3Jtc0tuOFQ2bFhRcWdjdUdIcUREcnZFaHc0M2xURGhITVRuWDE2cGlDakdYUF9uODktNzc3TVRJTWdROUt6R3NLN2lla3hFS2lIM0RnOXR1dXFxMGx2cUNtWDhXb1Zvc2RCbGQxTThoendmN2E5R0lJdmI0Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1HHmaWYr7UMACfmS4W5uL6PADoem2KlRp%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing
0:51 I wish the Phico I'm working on was that clean. Ten trillion wires all tightly managed into the area of a penny. That Philco is PACKED! Such a pain...
...and of course I should add that it's great to see some more Radio Rick videos lately. Glad to see that you're gettin' back to it and makin' it happen, bud. Your videos have taught me and many others so much, and we can't thank you enough. You're a fantastic teacher.
You're right, that's what happens when I type without my glasses on. Thanks for watching the video. Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new years.
Thanks Rick! Always appreciate hearing your share your experience! Near the beginning of the video, does that green bottle with the gold cap contain some Christmas Cheer BOM-ITY-BOM?
I wish the green bottle did have BOM-ITY-BOM, but what I have in that is WD-40. I take the WD-40 out of this bottle using a small screwdriver so I can put one or two drops where it is needed. It also works well when I want to use a cotton swab. Thank you, and Merry Christmas and have a happy new year.
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio LOL!!! I remember in a video way back, how you use and very carefully apply the WD40! You have taught us both the scientific and the every day/practical methods!
I've had a few sets come though here with connections like that. I usually end up fixing them. They are just to much of a fire hazard and could burn up something unreplaceable in the set. Thanks for sharing.
Your free online book is great for someone that's wanting to learn this stuff. I've mentioned it on my channel and always hope people take advantage of it. Good stuff in it for sure Rick. ps,,,, it's on his home channel,,, just click on his icon. ;p)
Hey Carl, I like the troubleshooting section because it is interactive. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.If you like you could put the link on your channel also but don't forget to tell him about the password.
Had a shop years ago we had jars of 30s radio parts when we fixed a antiqueradio we used the original parts of. That erra .tested originas from scrapped sets never changed to modern parts
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio thanx saved the rider books couple cathedrals a baby clock radio philco 30s 4tube. a parts philco cathedral chassis I'm 81yrs old theese sets were on the street as a boy always took the tubes had hundreds they disappeared we had 10 thousand assorted tubes stuffs scattered everywhere ,
@@donalddesnoo5303 Nice saves! Couple riders, cathedrals, baby clock radio philco, and all those tubes. I also like the 1920s radios. Recently I did tow videos on a 1923 Atwater Kent 10. Hope you like them. Atwater Kent 10 Signal Flow and Circuit End to End 100 Years czcams.com/video/wQ8djN15F48/video.html !923 Vacuum Tube, Amplitude Modulation Detector Circuit in Detail czcams.com/video/e0faax3Svgw/video.html
I opened up the chassis on my Atwater Kent 545 and found the chassis full of glue and old decrepit wires. Fixed it up, but I'm still not done with the glue situation.
It is getting harder to find radios where someone else has not been in them. I'm glad you're restoring your Atwater Kent. My favorite radios are the early 1920s because it's closer to the beginning of everything.
So disheartening whenever looking forward to a next challenge repair & it turns out to be this much of a hackjob at the hands of someone else. I recently purchased via a local online auction & collected in person a lovely looking 1930s Tombstone Phillips only to be told by the helpful seller they had vacuumed it out for all the old dust (which had removed the original tube location diagram; "plus some other old piece off dusty paper with symbol things & lines all over it & we plugged it it to warm it all up so you could hear it working when you arrived but its stopped now"...
Yes that is very unfortunate, and it has happened to me and some of my friends. Thanks for watching the video. I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year's.
Nice Motorola portable. If your radio is in good condition it should be repairable. I dislike shipping old radios because if they get broken in shipment, it is a big problem. If you would like to contact me you can use this email: allamericanfiveradio@yahoo.com
Hi Richard, indeed when you connect a grid directly to ground the tube will be dead. And to the plate it will act as a diode, so good that you explained that properly. And when radio coils are free moveable problems can be expected.... Good that you show the relativity of the meter readings, using a modern high impedance meter, that is perfect info for everyone liking to do radio repairs. Thanks for this video, as always, Ko Tilman/Radiofun232. 7 dec 2021.
Thank you Ko Tilman. The first time I saw the control grid connected to the plate it had me puzzled for a while. You don't run into it very often so I thought it was a good idea to explain that the tube is actually being used as a diode. Hope y'all have a very happy holidays and are looking forward to the new year. Rick
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio Rick, I wish you all the best for 2022! Thanks for your reaction.
This is why I tend to shy away from sets that have recently been worked on. Too many times, I end up having to fix a big hack job and I've seen some that looked even worse.
Yes it is a shame how some people do so-called repairs. You're right of course when you find a radio that's been hacked up in increases the amount of work. Thank you for watching the video and I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new years.
Rick, is so good to see another awesome video from you. I have learned so much from you. You are the best teacher. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to share your knowledge and expertise so we can rescue these radios for future generations to enjoy the beauty of older technology. Have a fantastic day! Regards, JZ
Thank you very much. I think it is a very important to preserve our technical history. I'm sure you know that radio is where all technology started.
Rick - I’m glad this is in your hands now and the issues you shared will soon be corrected. Thank you for sharing and take care. Best, Don
Thanks Don. You all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Hi Rick, its great to see you back in action. I hope you are keeping well. I really enjoy your videos. Perhaps sometime you could do a video on a LW transmitter. All the best for now Al.
Thank you Al. I will keep Long Wave transmitters in the queue. You all have a great New Year's.
I’d love to see a video of you going through the radio step by step, left to right.
Thank you. That is a good idea I'm sure I'll get to do that in the near future. Y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
There was a "radio repairman" in Centralia/Chehalis Washington who removed all the parts from the tie strips and left them all as air connections, similar to that radio. I had a chance to buy many of his radios, but one look at the bottom of the chassis totally blew the deal. One of my friends bought a few of his sets and had to rework them, and while one of them worked when he had tested it at the gents home, by the time he got to his place, some of the parts had fallen off the air connections. He passed away many years back, but I never thought that someone else did this sort of poor work as you showed.
Yes it is a shame. I think it is less work to repair correctly. Thanks!
Hello Richard I hope you health continues to improve looking at Chassis.it like a fellow with stripped Apron has been at it know as the Butcher
Yes it is problem when someone else has been at it Mate anyway I guess you repaired it and make safe, Greetings from Australia where have a wet start to Summer,Regards Ian.
Thanks Ian. It'll take some work but will get it done. Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Always heed the warnings about working in the back of these radios 📻. Some are a series-string (transformerless) set. This means that it’s a hot 🥵 chassis set. For instance, if you’ve got the volume knob (for example) removed, but ya have the radio 📻 on, and ya touch the knob shaft (it’s brass, or some sort of metal), ya will receive a very nasty 🤮 shock, and possibly worse. The chassis is also hot 🥵, and touching it would be detrimental as well. Upon working on these radios 📻, use an isolation transformer to dump the voltage. This will make the radio 📻 safe to work on. Many 👨 years ago, I was told not to work on TV’s, even when unplugged. The 25.000, or 45.000 volts (I don’t remember which), stored in the picture tube flyback (if I’m not mistaken), is enough to cause major bodily damage, fires 🔥, or ruined 😠 equipment. Use an isolation transformer here, too, if it’s adequate. Sorry 😞 about the long comment, and the emojis. Your friend, Jeff.
Yes Jeff you should Always Use an Isolation Transformer! You’ll find this in the ABOUT. You maybe interested in my FREE ebook. The password is allamericanfiveradio
czcams.com/users/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2hhVTRycWdJd1FUbTFCZWNmdGtQNlZCRmEzd3xBQ3Jtc0tuOFQ2bFhRcWdjdUdIcUREcnZFaHc0M2xURGhITVRuWDE2cGlDakdYUF9uODktNzc3TVRJTWdROUt6R3NLN2lla3hFS2lIM0RnOXR1dXFxMGx2cUNtWDhXb1Zvc2RCbGQxTThoendmN2E5R0lJdmI0Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1HHmaWYr7UMACfmS4W5uL6PADoem2KlRp%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing
0:51 I wish the Phico I'm working on was that clean.
Ten trillion wires all tightly managed into the area of a penny. That Philco is PACKED! Such a pain...
Good LUCK!!!
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio It's.... Not going well. At all.
I'm guessing the title's s'posed to read "*How* Not to Repair a Radio" rather than "Now, Not to Repair a Radio". (8^D)
...and of course I should add that it's great to see some more Radio Rick videos lately. Glad to see that you're gettin' back to it and makin' it happen, bud. Your videos have taught me and many others so much, and we can't thank you enough. You're a fantastic teacher.
You're right, that's what happens when I type without my glasses on. Thanks for watching the video. Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new years.
Thanks Rick! Always appreciate hearing your share your experience! Near the beginning of the video, does that green bottle with the gold cap contain some Christmas Cheer BOM-ITY-BOM?
I wish the green bottle did have BOM-ITY-BOM, but what I have in that is WD-40. I take the WD-40 out of this bottle using a small screwdriver so I can put one or two drops where it is needed. It also works well when I want to use a cotton swab.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas and have a happy new year.
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio LOL!!! I remember in a video way back, how you use and very carefully apply the WD40! You have taught us both the scientific and the every day/practical methods!
I've had a few sets come though here with connections like that. I usually end up fixing them. They are just to much of a fire hazard and could burn up something unreplaceable in the set. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Someone put in more effort to screw it up than if would have repaired it correctly.
Your free online book is great for someone that's wanting to learn this stuff. I've mentioned it on my channel and always hope people take advantage of it. Good stuff in it for sure Rick.
ps,,,, it's on his home channel,,, just click on his icon. ;p)
Hey Carl, I like the troubleshooting section because it is interactive. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.If you like you could put the link on your channel also but don't forget to tell him about the password.
Had a shop years ago we had jars of 30s radio parts when we fixed a antiqueradio we used the original parts of. That erra .tested originas from scrapped sets never changed to modern parts
Wouldn’t it be great if we could get the original parts now. Thanks.
@@AllAmericanFiveRadio thanx saved the rider books couple cathedrals a baby clock radio philco 30s 4tube. a parts philco cathedral chassis I'm 81yrs old theese sets were on the street as a boy always took the tubes had hundreds they disappeared we had 10 thousand assorted tubes stuffs scattered everywhere ,
@@donalddesnoo5303 Nice saves! Couple riders, cathedrals, baby clock radio philco, and all those tubes. I also like the 1920s radios. Recently I did tow videos on a 1923 Atwater Kent 10. Hope you like them.
Atwater Kent 10 Signal Flow and Circuit End to End 100 Years
czcams.com/video/wQ8djN15F48/video.html
!923 Vacuum Tube, Amplitude Modulation Detector Circuit in Detail
czcams.com/video/e0faax3Svgw/video.html
did they add that floating coil to the radio??? or is it supposed to be mounted somewhere
It was added.
Hey friend. It’s good to hear from you again. Email me sometime, or call!
I hope things are going well for you all. I will email you, I have a couple of addresses I'll try both.
I opened up the chassis on my Atwater Kent 545 and found the chassis full of glue and old decrepit wires. Fixed it up, but I'm still not done with the glue situation.
It is getting harder to find radios where someone else has not been in them. I'm glad you're restoring your Atwater Kent. My favorite radios are the early 1920s because it's closer to the beginning of everything.
So disheartening whenever looking forward to a next challenge repair & it turns out to be this much of a hackjob at the hands of someone else. I recently purchased via a local online auction & collected in person a lovely looking 1930s Tombstone Phillips only to be told by the helpful seller they had vacuumed it out for all the old dust (which had removed the original tube location diagram; "plus some other old piece off dusty paper with symbol things & lines all over it & we plugged it it to warm it all up so you could hear it working when you arrived but its stopped now"...
Ohhhh boyohboyohboy that's just so, so bad.
Yes that is very unfortunate, and it has happened to me and some of my friends. Thanks for watching the video. I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year's.
How are you my friend
I am doing very well. Thank you for watching my videos.
Could you please fix my radio??? Motorola 56B1A
Thank you!
Nice Motorola portable. If your radio is in good condition it should be repairable. I dislike shipping old radios because if they get broken in shipment, it is a big problem. If you would like to contact me you can use this email: allamericanfiveradio@yahoo.com
Very sloppy work.
And wrong parts too.