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paulsherwin · 17th Jun 2019, 3:08 pm

It does look as if Philips Ireland just took the 353A chassis and built a nice wooden cabinet for it, adding a magic eye. I wonder if Philips GB had stopped production by then and had some surplus parts and tooling.

The big Philips 'black pitch' caps will all be coupling or decoupling caps and can safely be replaced with 0.047uF modern types, though it's obviously good practice to match the original values if possible. The only exception might be in the tone control circuit.

17th Jun 2019, 3:08 pm	#56
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,970	Re: Help to identify old Philips valve radio. BIF 571A. It does look as if Philips Ireland just took the 353A chassis and built a nice wooden cabinet for it, adding a magic eye. I wonder if Philips GB had stopped production by then and had some surplus parts and tooling. The big Philips 'black pitch' caps will all be coupling or decoupling caps and can safely be replaced with 0.047uF modern types, though it's obviously good practice to match the original values if possible. The only exception might be in the tone control circuit.