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Heatercathodeshort · 12th Sep 2011, 7:58 pm

Excellent advice Jeffrey. Hello Colin, you should be able to see an orange glow from the heater within the bell of the U25. You can spark one wire of the twin wire end of the U25 to chassis with a well insulated screwdriver. The crack might startle you but it won't do any harm to receivers of this design. If you have EHT you will probably get something on the screen if the brightness is turned up and the ion trap is about right. These Ekco receivers are very hard to kill off and are very willing to produce something on the screen at an early stage. [I wish I was in your workshop, I can't stand the tension!] J.

12th Sep 2011, 7:58 pm	#98
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Restorers dream part 2 the chassis. Excellent advice Jeffrey. Hello Colin, you should be able to see an orange glow from the heater within the bell of the U25. You can spark one wire of the twin wire end of the U25 to chassis with a well insulated screwdriver. The crack might startle you but it won't do any harm to receivers of this design. If you have EHT you will probably get something on the screen if the brightness is turned up and the ion trap is about right. These Ekco receivers are very hard to kill off and are very willing to produce something on the screen at an early stage. [I wish I was in your workshop, I can't stand the tension!] J.