[NJARC] Grill cloth question

[Edward Otte]

Aaron,

The unit came with a really ugly "grill cloth" which was probably a doily or
something and someone putit in there well after the fact. I just got around
to removing it and wouldn't you know it, there are some threads and good
parts of the old grill cloth varnished to the cabinet! Yeah!

So now I have a good idea what it looked like and I compared to the grill
cloth web site and I did find a close match but not perfect. But at least I
am now confident it is a reasonable match.

As far as the fuse, the only paper documentation inside the unit defines it
as a 100W unit. That makes it about an 830 mA draw. Maybe a 7/8 would be a
close match. But then again, I was thinking to fuse the input AC. Why is
that not best? 

Edward

I tried to find pictures of any Beverlys and came up with a remote 
control and one table top.  The best bet on your grill cloth is to look 
at pictures of radios of that vintage and pick a grill cloth that suits 
you and the radio.

A good tip would be to fuse the B+ center tap of the power transformer.  
I have been using 500 ma fuses since the 80, 5Y3 and 5Y4 are rated at 
500 ma. but a smaller fuse such as 400 ma might be better.  I haven't 
experimented with the current drain or a short test.  I'm cheap so I 
grab a quick blow fuse of any style and solder on pigtails.  Fuse the 
center tap rather than the B+ output leg, as I had a 5Y4 rectifier 
filiment break, short and take out the transformer before I realized the 
radio wasn't playing.

Aaron

Edward Otte wrote:

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>OK, so now that I know what kind of radio I have and I have begun work on
it
>I have a question about the grill cloth. I need a replacement and the cloth
>present is definitely NOT the original. The question is what pattern would
>be most appropriate; recalling that the radio is a Beverly console, lowboy,
>Warwick Manufacturing Company product, built 1933 by U.S. Radio
Corporation,
>chassis 1007? Is there a right pattern or does what I think looks good
best?
>I figured to keep as close to the original as possible. 
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>Another question is where could I find out as it is always best to know
>rather than ask. Is there such a reference or web site? 
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>And one more unrelated question, when is the repair get-together scheduled?
>No matter how far along I am I would like to go and learn more. 
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>Thanks kindly,
>
>Edward
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