Pye Piper P116U

[roVers99]

I have a Pye piper P116U with no Plug and Just 2 brown wires which I can see both go to the on/off switch ,which one is live ? Thank you

[Cobaltblue]

Hi Rover99 do you have a multimeter?

This is an AC/DC set with a "live chassis"

Ideally you would connect the wire that goes to Chassis (after the mains switch) to the Neutral.

These sets were often connected to unpolarised plugs where it was pot luck as to which side was live or neutral and the set will work either way around on AC mains although there would sometimes be more noise one way as opposed to the other.

Has this set been restored?

If not there are a few things that would benefit being checked and possibly replaced prior to switching the set on.

Cheers

Mike T

[roVers99]

Hi ,
Thankyou Cobaltblue I got it from a car boot charity shop ,they always seem to take the plugs off everything electrical ,first look is that I can see no obvious repairs but I have only taken the back off and looked in ,any help would be gratefully received ,

many thanks :

[Cobaltblue]

It seems you may have very little experience in restoring Valve radios so please don't be offended.

Paul did an excellent guide to radio repairs but it's a lot to take in if your new to it.

https://www.vintage-radio.com/repair...ion/index.html

On your set there is at least one capacitor that might go off with a bang if you connect power.

C26 on the manufacturers service Data

See if you can post some clear pictures of the back of the on off switch we might be able to see which is which

Cheers

MIke T

[Cobaltblue]

I have dropped you a PM, I may be able to help you get a start on this.

Cheers

Mike T