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Every tube in your radio or TV should be removed for cleaning and testing. Again, alcohol works well for cleaning the entire compartment. In many cases, a so-called weak tube will work well enough to let you proceed with the restoration. I like it, it’s fun, and it feeds us well. Adding some essentials, like phosphorous and nitrogen, ensures no nutrient gaps. Playing a radio or TV with untested tubes is like finding a 50-year old car in a barn and trying to start it without checking the gas gauge. There are some basic names for the old stuff we buy. The high voltage compartment of a television deserves special attention, since dirt in there can lead to destructive arcing. When I was finally released there was only one person waiting for me, my mother. Now, she seeks to lead the human race into the understanding that we are all one. Furthermore, in some circuits the original “lead dress,” or precise routing and length of wires, may be critical. Although the internal condition of most electronic parts is hidden, you should look under the chassis for obvious problems, such as missing parts, disconnected wires, and burned or broken components.

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You can type a comment into this area. At the same time, compare the tube’s type to the diagram given in your schematic diagram or in the label pasted to the cabinet. After removing the tube, wipe off dust with a dry paper towel and write down its type number (45, 12AT7, 50C5, whatever). In a small number of old radios, the insulation on the wires under the chassis degrades over time and becomes brittle, falling off in pieces. Novices sometimes replace every tube in an old set, but that’s a foolish waste of money. If you don’t have a tube tester, you can still check the tube’s filament (heater) for continuity using an ohmmeter. Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is a form or wire-less communication using either electromagnetic or electrostatic radio frequency signals to enable a main unit and a tag or remote unit to communicate, often to interrogate the tag to establish its presence or extract data. If you don’t have the schematic giving this information, you can look up the tube online at Nostalgia Air or Frank’s Tube Data. It can look melted yet still be usable.