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stevehertz · 17th Aug 2022, 7:45 pm

Here's the guts of the tuning can in question, now dismantled ready to send off for rewinding. Interestingly, although the Trader service sheet depicts the can as containing two coils (a trf) and two variable caps, also tucked away in there and not shown on the schematic are two resistors, a cap and a small 'flying saucer' shaped component that I am not sure of, and in fact when I tried to unsolder one end as I needed to separate the top and bottom end pieces of the assembly, one of its legs fell off so I'll need to replace the component. Can anyone ID it please? It reads something like 15 cm+-20%. The 'c' could be 'o' though. What is it? a temperature dependent cap or resistor?

17th Aug 2022, 7:45 pm	#62
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 8,831	Re: Ekco ACT96 restoration Here's the guts of the tuning can in question, now dismantled ready to send off for rewinding. Interestingly, although the Trader service sheet depicts the can as containing two coils (a trf) and two variable caps, also tucked away in there and not shown on the schematic are two resistors, a cap and a small 'flying saucer' shaped component that I am not sure of, and in fact when I tried to unsolder one end as I needed to separate the top and bottom end pieces of the assembly, one of its legs fell off so I'll need to replace the component. Can anyone ID it please? It reads something like 15 cm+-20%. The 'c' could be 'o' though. What is it? a temperature dependent cap or resistor? Attached Thumbnails __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..