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paulsherwin · 2nd Aug 2020, 11:45 am

It's very unusual for two valves to have open circuit heaters in a radio of this type. Normally one fails and that protects all the others. It may be worth double checking this. Maybe the previous owner overran the valves after the dropper section failed.

You might as well replace all the Philips 'black pitch' caps - they will all be leaky.

Try Plus-Gas on the wavechange switch.

The replacement bulb should be OK.

2nd Aug 2020, 11:45 am	#7
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,972	Re: Philips 141U It's very unusual for two valves to have open circuit heaters in a radio of this type. Normally one fails and that protects all the others. It may be worth double checking this. Maybe the previous owner overran the valves after the dropper section failed. You might as well replace all the Philips 'black pitch' caps - they will all be leaky. Try Plus-Gas on the wavechange switch. The replacement bulb should be OK.