Monkey Wards Model 62-465 Dial Stringing Diagram Needed

[old_coot88]

Lantern battery will never cut it. All the tube heaters plus the vibrator B+ supply will look like almost a dead short to a lantern batt.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by old_coot88

Where are you located? Reason being, I have a near-new DuraCell Ultra gel cell, 6V 42AH battery. Only used once for servicing a friend's '41 Buick radio. Probably will never use it again. Sucker weighs about 12 pounds (the battery, not the radio. )

I'm located near Bristol, Indiana which is about 10 minutes from the Indiana/Michigan Border, and about 2 hours from the Indiana/Ohio Border and the Illinois/Indiana Border.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by old_coot88

Lantern battery will never cut it. All the tube heaters plus the vibrator B+ supply will look like almost a dead short to a lantern batt.

Ok, I wondered about that, but wasn't sure.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by init4fun

https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMBO-OF-2-...0AAOSwsc5e48Qg

Here's a pair of 6V 12AH batteries, buy these and put them in parallel and you've got 6V at 24AH available to your radio for under $30 shipped.

Keeping them charged is then a simple matter of any of the multitude of cheap chargers also sold on the 'Bay ........

I'll give those a looking at.

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by old_coot88

Lantern battery will never cut it. All the tube heaters plus the vibrator B+ supply will look like almost a dead short to a lantern batt.

What am I missing here? the radio has a 4 amp fuse and a 908 lantern battery is rated at 13 amp hours.

https://www.grainger.com/product/DURACELL-908-5LE26

jr

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

What am I missing here? the radio has a 4 amp fuse and a 908 lantern battery is rated at 13 amp hours.

https://www.grainger.com/product/DURACELL-908-5LE26

jr

I dont know, but I know it wasn't working for me, the fuse is fine, and I wasn't getting anything out of the set, not even a buzz from the vibrator. I had forgotten to mention I was working on this radio for someone and I just got off the phone with him and he said he wasn't interested in pursuing repairing the unit any further after I told him it wouldn't work on anything less than a 6V car battery.

[mr_rye89]

I have a 6V golf cart battery for running my '36 Philco, it was a return or something like that so I only gave $55 for it I think. I think they are cheaper than 6V starting batteries and better suited for the job.

EDIT: I had to open the vibrator and clean something in it before it would run on that Philco, which also has a synchronous vibrator. seems like I also had to replace the capacitors around it too but I don't remember....

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

I dont know, but I know it wasn't working for me, the fuse is fine, and I wasn't getting anything out of the set, not even a buzz from the vibrator. I had forgotten to mention I was working on this radio for someone and I just got off the phone with him and he said he wasn't interested in pursuing repairing the unit any further after I told him it wouldn't work on anything less than a 6V car battery.

Offer him a few bucks for the radio. It seems like an interesting set. He's probably interested flipping it.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Offer him a few bucks for the radio. It seems like an interesting set. He's probably interested flipping it.

You're right he is interested in flipping it. I'll ask him if he'd let me have it or even just buy it off of him.

He has the grille cloth for it as well.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

I have a 6V golf cart battery for running my '36 Philco, it was a return or something like that so I only gave $55 for it I think. I think they are cheaper than 6V starting batteries and better suited for the job.

EDIT: I had to open the vibrator and clean something in it before it would run on that Philco, which also has a synchronous vibrator. seems like I also had to replace the capacitors around it too but I don't remember....

This unit uses a 6 pin positive ground vibrator. Which I can't even get it out of its socket to check it.

As for golf cart batteries go, I saw those over at batteries plus and thought about getting one of those, but the cheapest one they had was $150...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

This unit uses a 6 pin positive ground vibrator. Which I can't even get it out of its socket to check it.

As for golf cart batteries go, I saw those over at batteries plus and thought about getting one of those, but the cheapest one they had was $150...

I have to be really desperate to go to Batteries Plus. They're nuts with their prices.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I have to be really desperate to go to Batteries Plus. They're nuts with their prices.

Where else am I going to find a 6 volt golf cart battery? I dont think auto zone or advanced auto or Napa is going to have those.

EDIT: They do have them but they are the same price $129 for a 6V golf cart battery.

[vortalexfan]

OK So I checked over at NAPA and they had some 6V SLA Batteries there for about $45 and under.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NBPE...6+volt+battery

The link above was one of the batteries they had at NAPA.

Would that battery work with this radio?

[init4fun]

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[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

What am I missing here? the radio has a 4 amp fuse and a 908 lantern battery is rated at 13 amp hours.

https://www.grainger.com/product/DURACELL-908-5LE26

jr

Point taken. Looks like the alkalines have come a long way since the old zinc/carbon types. A fresh new one oughta at least evoke some sign of life out of the radio.