Vidor CN430 My Lady Anne with a switch issue. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

gary_crutchley · 16th Mar 2024, 10:32 pm

Hi all,

I love these little battery/mains sets and got this one last Christmas. It works very well but has an intermittent issue with the power/wave change switch. After running on mains for a while the radio will quite suddenly lose reception on MW, LW is unaffected. When it happens there is no sound at all from the speaker, so it seems that there is no power to the MW circuit.

I traced the issue to a contact on the middle board of the switch (not sure how you correctly describe it), I noticed it was arcing so pushed it down with an insulated screwdriver and MW was immediately restored. It seems as though the contact was expanding when warm and disconnecting from the track on the board. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Regards,

Gary

16th Mar 2024, 10:32 pm	#1
gary_crutchley Heptode Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Bloxwich, West Midlands, UK Posts: 556	Vidor CN430 My Lady Anne with a switch issue. Hi all, I love these little battery/mains sets and got this one last Christmas. It works very well but has an intermittent issue with the power/wave change switch. After running on mains for a while the radio will quite suddenly lose reception on MW, LW is unaffected. When it happens there is no sound at all from the speaker, so it seems that there is no power to the MW circuit. I traced the issue to a contact on the middle board of the switch (not sure how you correctly describe it), I noticed it was arcing so pushed it down with an insulated screwdriver and MW was immediately restored. It seems as though the contact was expanding when warm and disconnecting from the track on the board. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Regards, Gary Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://www.crutchleyhistory.co.uk/