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dazzlevision · 22nd Jul 2019, 9:55 am

According to the UK Philips full service manual, available on HiFi Engine website (if you join - no charge), that Wima is C2, the EF86 g2 decoupler.

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_li...s/el3542.shtml

Your valve line up is incorrect, it should be EF86, ECC83, ECL82, EZ80 and EM81.

It's very unlikely that any of those "Mullard mustard" capacitors are faulty (actually the Philips/Mullard C296 series of axial Polyester dielectric types).

There are a couple of small axial leaded capacitors on the large tag trips, which have a transparent outer coating - not sure of the make. If they have a paper dielectric, they are suspect, especially if one end is connected to an HT source.

Other than that, I'd suspect those darker bodied small resistors (that are probably carbon composition types) of being electrically "noisy", especially if they are anode load resistors.

22nd Jul 2019, 9:55 am	#4
dazzlevision Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Near Swindon, North Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,608	Re: Philips EL3542 tape recorder problem According to the UK Philips full service manual, available on HiFi Engine website (if you join - no charge), that Wima is C2, the EF86 g2 decoupler. https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_li...s/el3542.shtml Your valve line up is incorrect, it should be EF86, ECC83, ECL82, EZ80 and EM81. It's very unlikely that any of those "Mullard mustard" capacitors are faulty (actually the Philips/Mullard C296 series of axial Polyester dielectric types). There are a couple of small axial leaded capacitors on the large tag trips, which have a transparent outer coating - not sure of the make. If they have a paper dielectric, they are suspect, especially if one end is connected to an HT source. Other than that, I'd suspect those darker bodied small resistors (that are probably carbon composition types) of being electrically "noisy", especially if they are anode load resistors. Last edited by dazzlevision; 22nd Jul 2019 at 10:05 am. Reason: Added text.