Eddystone rust. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

derek.ireland · 27th Nov 2022, 11:02 am

Is it just my bad luck or did Eddystone fit rusty speakers? I had five Eddystones all with rusted speakers do not look to have been to sea. Rest of chassis OK.

G6Tanuki · 27th Nov 2022, 2:50 pm

The speaker in my 840A shows no sign of rust, despite the receiver clearly having been stored on-its-side somewhere sufficiently damp that the paint on one side of the front die-cast front panel has bubbled due to white spider tracking of the alloy and the chrome plating on the same end's handle is rather pitted.

The speaker was fine (it had clearly been facing upwards in storage though because it was full of sawdust!!!)

Paul_RK · 27th Nov 2022, 4:43 pm

No speaker rust in this S870A either. Fitting rusty speakers would have been bizarre, but I expect many of the basic Eddystones with trawler band coverage will have been used close to the coast, and it wouldn't be that odd if in some of them the speaker frame is more prone to rusting than anything else.

Paul

27th Nov 2022, 11:02 am	#1
derek.ireland Triode Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 43	Eddystone rust. Is it just my bad luck or did Eddystone fit rusty speakers? I had five Eddystones all with rusted speakers do not look to have been to sea. Rest of chassis OK.

27th Nov 2022, 2:50 pm	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 12,234	Re: Eddystone rust. The speaker in my 840A shows no sign of rust, despite the receiver clearly having been stored on-its-side somewhere sufficiently damp that the paint on one side of the front die-cast front panel has bubbled due to white spider tracking of the alloy and the chrome plating on the same end's handle is rather pitted. The speaker was fine (it had clearly been facing upwards in storage though because it was full of sawdust!!!) __________________ "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream" -Edgar Allan Poe.

27th Nov 2022, 4:43 pm	#3
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 3,740	Re: Eddystone rust. No speaker rust in this S870A either. Fitting rusty speakers would have been bizarre, but I expect many of the basic Eddystones with trawler band coverage will have been used close to the coast, and it wouldn't be that odd if in some of them the speaker frame is more prone to rusting than anything else. Paul Attached Thumbnails