[tis your junk]

Hello G6Tanuki

Like others, I have (or had) several Hallicrafter products of 1940s vintage and the transformers always seem to be a talking point, so to take each in turn.

Mains transformer, Hallicrafter used two types the "normal" one for the American market which only supported 115v volts. The other was a "universal" type made for the international market and is identified by being rather slimmer and taller that we would normally expect, and with a voltage switch on the top.

Output transformers. These would seem to be the Achilles heel of these sets and are regularly changed. I have not had to do this on my sets (yet) but American hobbyists have identified one in current manufacture which fits the bill.

My research into S27 use during the "battle of the beams" makes no mention of the sets being modified in any way - but that does not mean they weren’t!


Hope that helps.

TYJ