[Hallicrafters] AF output transformers???

[Roy Morgan]

At 01:58 PM 1/30/2006, Charlie wrote:
>To replace your blown audio output transformer,  just turn a 6.3 V 
>filament transformer around backwards and us it for the audio output.


Charlie,

I echo Todd's thanks for the suggestion.   This is in "The True Spirit and 
Tradition of The Amateur Service", to borrow a phrase from the 
military.  We live in an age of "special-made" devices of all sorts, and 
forget that moderately close may work just FINE.

Someone might say: "But, the replacement transformer is a different size, 
so I'd have to use only one bolt, or drill a hole!"  Well, a strip of 
aluminum (one-inch flat bar from the home store) drilled and counter sunk 
to accept flat head screws for  any mounting screws that need to fit flush 
will work fine.  A hack saw, file and hand drill are all that's needed to 
do a fine job.

Roy


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