You say you have magic eye tubes that always have issues? Are you replacing the 1 meg ohm resistor in their tube sockets? That resistor is almost always bad. Magic eye tubes are awesome when they are working. They are especially cool at nigh when doing DXing! Stromberg Carlson radio has one electrolytic that was replaced back around the 50's. It has an Aerovox capacitor, which was probably made in New Bedford, MA or Brooklyn, NY. They are rated 500-650 WVDC because these radios can have up to 750AC on each side of the rectifier tube plates. So BE VERY CAREFUL - HIGH AC and B+ VOLTAGE in those chassis! Those beefy 5U4 rectifiers, were later used as damper tubes in B&W TVs. The Atwater Kent, is an awesome radio and looks incredible! Each of those small capacitors you identified correctly, as well as the large boxes with the filter caps and transformers , are filled with black tar! You have to melt the tar to get them out to replace the caps. Enjoy! :)
I always forget to check that 1meg resistor... And I am debating wether to melt the tar or try mounting a terminal strip in the Atwater Kent, I have melted it out in the past but it's a hassle. I will build a cabinet for the speaker.
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You say you have magic eye tubes that always have issues? Are you replacing the 1 meg ohm resistor in their tube sockets? That resistor is almost always bad. Magic eye tubes are awesome when they are working. They are especially cool at nigh when doing DXing!
Stromberg Carlson radio has one electrolytic that was replaced back around the 50's. It has an Aerovox capacitor, which was probably made in New Bedford, MA or Brooklyn, NY. They are rated 500-650 WVDC because these radios can have up to 750AC on each side of the rectifier tube plates. So BE VERY CAREFUL - HIGH AC and B+ VOLTAGE in those chassis! Those beefy 5U4 rectifiers, were later used as damper tubes in B&W TVs.
The Atwater Kent, is an awesome radio and looks incredible! Each of those small capacitors you identified correctly, as well as the large boxes with the filter caps and transformers , are filled with black tar! You have to melt the tar to get them out to replace the caps. Enjoy! :)
I always forget to check that 1meg resistor... And I am debating wether to melt the tar or try mounting a terminal strip in the Atwater Kent, I have melted it out in the past but it's a hassle. I will build a cabinet for the speaker.
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