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Not only that but unlike England where only the wartime civilian receiver was available, in Germany it was always possible to buy good quality radios. Restricting the sensitivity of the VE301 wouldn't have achieved much. Check Radio Museum and search e.g. for Telefunken between 1939 and 1945
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A myth is as good as mile! Thanks for the information though, most interesting.
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You need to fit a 4700pF capacitor across the speaker leads either at the valve holder or across the speaker itself. It doesn't matter where.
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To expand on that. You'll observe that the left hand capacitor has one lead disconnected and sleeved with black sleeving. Were it connected it would go to the yellow sleeved wire. The red and yellow sleeved wires are new ones feeding the speaker.
This is abundantly clear in the picture attached to post #31 in the current thread.
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Hi
Sorry if I am not quite understanding this but can't I just fit the capacitor where the old one used to be? (as indicated on my picture) Or do I have to unattach the actual speaker wire from the valve and then fit the capacitor onto the speaker wire and then onto the valve fitting from where the speaker wire was attached..... if that makes sense.... Also the 4700pF cap, ebay is the ibky place a I assume I can get them but there are so many variations, which one do I choose?? Many thanks |
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sorry if you save my picture and zoom in you should be able to see where i marked it
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13th Jul 2019, 9:26 pm | #49 |
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Farnell is good.
Probably any part rated 630V or more. Metalised Polyester or Ceramic. 20% tolerance is fine. Unless you are familiar with parts & seller, use UK supplier. Some UK eBay sellers are really in China. OK if you have used their stuff and can wait 6 weeks to 10 weeks. |
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Perhaps another forum member with better powers of expression than myself can help you? There's no point in buying just a 4700pF capacitor. You need new capacitors for the capacitor box as well.
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The component placements are shown in the under chassis drawing in here:
https://radio-bastler.de/forum/showthread.php?tid=7765 The capacitor in question is the one to the left of the res164 valve socket, it's marked as 5000 cm which is an old style value and lingo, a new 4,700pF (aka 4.7nF, 4n7 or 0.0047uF) should be connected where it's connected, the two wires with an "L" beside them that go up through the round hole in the chassis are the two loudspeaker wires, if it's easier the capacitor wire shown connected part way along one of the loudspeaker wires can be connected to the tag on the capacitor block that that loudspeaker wire is connected to, use a capacitor that's rated at 600 or 1,000 volts DC. EDIT: Crossed with Grahams post. Lawrence. Last edited by ms660; 13th Jul 2019 at 9:46 pm. Reason: correction |
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I agree, the OP might be worried if things get wrong by being a bit unsure, enough info for the OP now though.
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Probably needs about ten capacitors? Though I only see nine with a quick look. I doubt any are any good.
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They will be well u/s. No doubt.
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Well the problem is turning those metal lugs to enable the box to be free..... not sure im going be able to do that.
another worry is somehow measuring the remaining capacitors for any issues, a simple multi meter is probably not going to cut the mustard. |
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In this thread I describe how to remove the capacitor box without the need to unsolder anything.
https://vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=149451 If you not able to make the simple tools required, or get someone to make them for you, you'll have to unsolder the mains transformer and the RF coils so that you can use ordinary pliers on the lugs.
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See the thread about my one here: http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...d.php?t=147880 The only way to test capacitors properly is to apply a voltage near to that at which they operate and measure the leakage current with a sensitive meter. If they pass that test, you can then measure the actual capacitance with a capacity meter. Much to my surprise, all 5 capacitors in my block tested perfectly for leakage & capacity at their working voltage, so I didn't need to re-stuff it. However, the other four smaller value black ones were very leaky. There is probably little point in trying to test the caps anyway- you need to be confident of working with high voltages safely and they will undoubtedly need replacing anyway. One other point to note about seeing the valves glowing. The rectifier valve (RGN354) is a directly heated type and even in the dark, there is no glow from the filament when it's working. The RF valve (REN904) has a metallic shield coating and it's very difficult to see any glow. Mine doesn't have a RES164, but I suspect, being directly heated, it also won't glow. I would suggest this is probably not an ideal set for a first restoration- something from the '50's would be a better starting point. Good luck with it anyway. All the best Nick |
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I did read your thread, many times, but these tools are not that easy for everyone to make. I am still debating your other option, like I said I was worried about the remaining capacitors and their readings.
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The easiest thing to do would be to replace all the capacitors. Not a method of repair I adopt, but probably the best option for you.
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