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Luxman1050 · 8th Jan 2020, 6:14 pm

Yep all the capacitors have been changed except the micas.
All caps removed where all high by around 300% plus. Very unusual. There where 6 to change. Other problem is the schematic has no voltage readings all I have is the valve data sheets.
I'm assuming it does not matter which way the mains input goes? At present live is on the switch and negative to transformer. But I think these types could go either way.
All three have a loud ring through speaker except one.
I could connect up aerial and see if anything is being picked up just worried don't cause damage elsewhere.
Plus you cannot remove these values when switched on.

8th Jan 2020, 6:14 pm	#21
Luxman1050 Octode Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Margate, Kent, UK. Posts: 1,728	Re: Pye CB01X4T (P131MBQ) portable radio Yep all the capacitors have been changed except the micas. All caps removed where all high by around 300% plus. Very unusual. There where 6 to change. Other problem is the schematic has no voltage readings all I have is the valve data sheets. I'm assuming it does not matter which way the mains input goes? At present live is on the switch and negative to transformer. But I think these types could go either way. All three have a loud ring through speaker except one. I could connect up aerial and see if anything is being picked up just worried don't cause damage elsewhere. Plus you cannot remove these values when switched on.