[AMRadio] Search for a valiant/ Don't Be Swayed

[Charles Ring]

On 4/27/2013 1116, Larry Szendrei wrote:
> On 4/26/13 5:19 PM, Charles Ring wrote:
>> Are there any Valiants left with the 866 filament winding of the main 
>> transformer still good?
>>
> I've worked on 3 Valiants in more-or-less recent years and it was 
> still fine in all of them.
>
> I have seen problems at the 866 sockets with arcing from the filament 
> pins to chassis. Mounting the sockets on insulating standoffs below 
> chassis level solves that.

Mine failed circa 1969. The rest of that transformer is still good today.

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*Charles Ring W3NU*