Was just off to bed and you turned up with another video. Had to watch, always a good end to the day

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Been trying to get this video on for a few days but kept falling asleep, so I made the effort tonight!!

Well spotted Michael, that was a real bamboozle !

A good job the fuse bulb was there to protect the circuit 😉, nice find Michael. They don't make 'em like they used to.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

That's what we use to say about the 5.6 ohm resistor in the matsui TV sets, the resistor was there to protect the fuse !

Nice work Michael. Someone's probably popped the lid of the selector at some point. Love the sound of valve radios.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I did wonder about that but couldn't find a way to open it and didn't want to run the risk of breaking it by trying to force it open.

Thanks for the video, I always enjoy them

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks for that .

Very good detective work , well done.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks for that .

I was always under the impression that the suffix -15 was the UK country code of Philips stuff from 1930-s to 1960 kind of era. Richard

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I didn't know that but I am sure you will be right, when someone told me there were 4 different variants of this set I had just assumed the voltage selector had come from a different set but reading some of the comments here it would appear there was a cock up in the production of the voltage selectors and Philips attempted to rectified the problem using paper labels stuck on the back of the voltage selectors which have long disappeared.

Bravo! Not a straightforward repair. Love these vintage sets. Sadly, we are the last generation capable of fixing them. 😢

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

A reason a lot of people don't like Philips stuff.

Another excellent video - thank you for sharing it with us. It's great to see the radio working again and it sounds lovely. I wonder how many of the radios made today will be featured in repair videos many decades in the future?

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

with software control, lead free solder , I would think none .

Snap! I restored one of these last year, and had exactly the same problems, It took me ages to work out what was going on, I did find the second plug on the back, like your set both plugs were marked 220v. After finally finding the correct plug & it's correct position, I realised that both plugs would have had a sticker on them when new, the glue residue was the clue, no doubt the original labels had come away years ago! Unfortunately I managed to drop the dial glass & it smashed in to bits, apparently there is a guy in Holland who sells reproductions, but had none in stock at the time. It certainly is a typical Philips set, very odd!

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I didn't find the second plug until half way through the video ! It would seem your theory about a label glued over the top is correct , I never thought about this and when I found the plug could not be opened I just assumed it could have come from a different variant of this set , so it would appear that Phillip's made a cock up in the production of the voltage selector and attempted to right it using paper labels stuck on top. the fact the set had a different valve fitted and a replacement dropper made me wonder if it had ever worked as you never know what someone else has done and the numbers had rubbed off the replacement valve, got there in the end though , I do have the dial glass but its staying in the box after I had a bad experience with a dial glass on a radio gram a while back .

i used cable ties when I done my Bush dac90 . Awesome repair

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks for that .

Excellent diagnosis, great entertainment.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Took a long time to get here though .

Great video Mr. Michael

Another great video, thank you. I used live in Gatley, not at all far from Northenden and my late father used to always try and buy TV's from Sumners as he said they were easy to deal with and had a very good after sales service. Good to know they are still going! All the best, I look forward to your next video.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

They even have the same phone number apart from the extra digits, wonder if any one from there will see this video!

Great detective work Michael. On camera at any rate, the voltage selector plugs appeared to have gum or adhesive residue on them - perhaps a factory mod ? that is, utilising existing printed voltage selectors and repurposing with a printed label overlay ,which , over the years has become detached.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I did notice that on both voltage selectors but never gave it a second thought but it seems very plausible .

These sorts of faults always keep us on our toes! Great work sorting it out. I always enjoy your videos. I worked on a Bush DAC90A recently and replaced part of the dropper resistor - the part that feeds the heaters - with a capacitive dropper(I also fitted it with an inrush resistor and discharge resistor). Of course it will never work with a DC feed like that, but who uses that? The mod is totally reversible in any case. The radio now runs a lot cooler without using its' built-in ceramic radiator. Heater volts are slightly lower too at around 5.9v AC but with no obvious performance loss. My hope is this makes the radio last longer before its' next service. If I ever get a DAC90 I may try this mod on it as its' dropper needs thermal shielding (that horrible Asbestos thing). Quite a lot of these radios get thermal damage on the back cover and on top of the case as a result of the dropper resistor. I prefer to keep things original but when it comes to this I think the benefits outweigh the slight loss of originality.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I have a couple of DAC90S and the heat burns the the back cover, its amazing how they got away with things like this many years ago .

Wonder if the voltage plug originally had a paper sticker denoting voltages which has come off ?

@someone7648

5 ай бұрын

So they could save money get them all printed the same, just put sticker on for the low volt ones, they never expected them to be around this long !

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

That is a good possibility which I had not thought about.

The voltage selector may be from a 209U -02 version, the centre pin is connected for 220 Volts with that model, typical Philips, (yes, there is only one L in Philips)

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

That was my initial thought but a few comments suggest there would have been a paper label stuck to the back of the voltage selector at one time and both mine seem to have some sort of residue on the back , possibly from glue ?

Gee whizz. What a carry on Michael Well done on solving the mystery !

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

a right pain , spent more time on this than I will ever get back .

nice, i have a defiant(co op) semi midget in it own box, looks like very little used if at all , i also have a 209U , they often have dial broken or lost, not yet serviced,

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

I have the dial glass but its staying in the box after I had a disaster with a customers radio gram glass a while back .

Well done, that took some working out, always the worst faults to have. Personally I was never a fan of repairing Phillips stuff due to them black capacitors and the values always being unreadable.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

it did , I have had this for over a year , I have looked at it on and off for a long time but luckily the customer was in no rush at all , these are the best types of customer !

Old valve radios are unbeatable, unfortunately such things wont exist in the modern market today as these radios use 5 times as much power as a similar sized modern one, shame though they did sound good. Yes the dial lights are just another filament in the chain.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

It's a shame, only a few stations left now on long and medium and I hear that FM transmissions have less than 10 years left.

It almost looked like it may have had a stick-on label originally that has long vanished.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

A few have made this same comment and it does seem to tie in with the residue on the back of both of those plugs , something I did not initially notice .

i 'think' there should be a disk stuck on those selector plugs which had the correct markings on, looks like i see residue of the old glue on them..? cant get to mine at the mo to check, they likely press moulded one type of plug but stuck disks on them for different types! typical of philips strange ways!

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

possibly a good reason a lot of people don't like Philips stuff, I did see that residue on the back of the plug but never gave it a second thought, but yes others have commented there was possibly a label glued to these at one time .

Not a great fan of those voltage selectors as I remember repairing a Philips reel to reel tape recorder with a cast chassis, I got distracted from my work and picked up the tape recorder and touched the voltage selector which was plugged into the mains, my arms hurt for a week, I bet that I lit up brighter than those valves 😆

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Probley for good reason a lot of people don't like Philips stuff, I was still trying to figure out how to modify the set to work with the voltage selector and then noticed another on the back panel half way thorough making this video !

Hi-fi before Wi-fi 📻

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Doubt you will find a modern HI/FI still working on 70 years time !

@naytch2003

5 ай бұрын

@@michaeldranfield7140 you're not wrong

I would have labeled it like the other one so 115V shows through the correct orientation on the back.

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

In an ideal world yes this would have been the best thing to do but the customer wont be selling this radio so it will never be used on 115 volts .

@tubeDude48

5 ай бұрын

@@michaeldranfield7140 - Understood.

Hi I watched your fiat 500 instrument cluster repair video and was just wondering if you know the led smd size so I can order them before removing the instrument cluster?

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Sorry I cant help with the exact size because I was unable to find any that were the same height, the ones I used were slightly shorter but I dont think it matters when there back in the dash.

Is that the type with the floating glass dial on top?

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

It is yes and it came with the dial glass but I left it in the box .

Yamaha rxv1067 Protection code PS PRT - 122 L How to solve this problem sir

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

you will need to find a service manual to fault find but from memory the code you have means a power supply rail has fallen out of range and the L indicates its too low .

Voltt?

@michaeldranfield7140

5 ай бұрын

Only a little mistake .