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With the tube removed, and the coupling xfmr disconnected from the grid lug of the socket, there should be infinite resistance (open circuit) from the lug to ground. Is that what you're getting? |
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You did that, only you included the volume control and antenna transformer, which is fine. I'm fairly confident there's nothing wrong with your volume control, because it seems to control the volume going into the 2nd RF stage just fine.
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New Antenna, Dump the Earth Ground
Old Coot: There is infinite resistance between 1stRF grid lug and chassis ground (With no connection of grid lug to anything).
I replaced the old (magnet wire) indoor antenna with 50 feet of 14 gauge, 7-strand copper "antenna wire." It works better, and I am no longer connecting the antenna to earth ground for reception. So this is a bit of a restart which will simplify things for me. 1. In "normal" configuration, I get very weak audio at maximum volume on two or three strong stations. 2. With antenna to 1st RF grid, as below, I get slightly better audio output from the strongest stations. 3. With antenna to 2nd RF grid, as below, I get loud audio from many stations. I've also pulled the grid resistor and the RF transformer to examine them out of the circuit, and I can't find anything wrong with them. I played with the signal tracer, but all I could do was pick up audio. Question: With the diagram below, I still read "short" between stator and rotor. I see no physical connection of the stator with chassis ground. Is this short to be expected--is enough current conducted between rotor & stator plates to show resistance of only 4 ohms?
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No tuning capacitor should ever show DC resistance (the only kind a DMM will measure)!
If that capacitor is shorted then it would completely explain the symptoms you've been discussing. Find that short and fix it. Also if the grid lug of the first RF tube shows resistance to ground with the tube removed and nothing connected to it, then the socket is bad...Which means find and remove the conductive path or replace the socket. Both of those problems will kill a whole lot of signal if left be.
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The little signal that is getting through is probably feedback through the common filament bias network. |
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Confused. The set is not in operation. 1st RF tube grid lug has been disconnected from the coupling transformer. Tube is pulled. Those are the only electrical connections to the lug. It's mounted on Bakelite and has no electrical connection. The DMM show infinite resistance between the lug and ground. There is no conductive path. What am I missing?
The statement about tuning capacitor is also confusing to me. It shouldn't show DC resistance--but if it's shorted it's bad? I'm missing something here as well. Help?
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Missed Kevin's last post. What little signal? I only understand 85 percent of the thousands of meanings of "signal."
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TO BE DOUBLE CLEAR IF THERE IS A SHORT OR A RESISTANCE LOWER THAN INFINITY THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG. I usually use the term 'no resistance' to mean an open circuit....I guess I should use 'no measurable resistance' next time to make it more clear. If you don't know yet that a capacitor is supposed to have infinite resistance between it's terminals (unless something is wired in parallel with the capacitor), then you REALLY need to brush up on the basics.
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Hi Tom, There's a lot of folks enjoying the radio restoration hobby that don't necessarily have a formal background in electronics and basic electrical principles. And everyone learns at a different pace, so we need to cut them some slack. Now I'm curious to find out what is causing that tuning capacitor to be so fully shorted.
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I mean any little signal that's getting past an apparently defective(shorted plates) tuning capacitor.
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Kevin: I've been looking for a leak to ground, and that's why I was asking about my finding of a short through the first tuning capacitor. The stator is grounded through the RF transformer secondary. The rotor is grounded directly. I recognized that the rotor and stator would short through their ground connections, so disconnected the RF transformer ground before testing stator-to-rotor connectivity.
I can't see or feel any contact between stator and rotor plates yet I still found a stator-rotor short, measuring 4 ohms. The RF transformer coil also measured 4 ohms, which seemed like a peculiar coincidence. So, I was trying to find out if there might be a another explanation for a stator-rotor short other than plate contact before I proceeded. Thanks.
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Well you can turn the rotor so it's completely out of mesh from the stator - that eliminates any possibility of plates rubbing. You can disconnect the wire wound(grid stop) resistor and the RF transformer wire from the stator by removing the top and bottom nuts on the rear of the stator - that eliminates any possible leakage through those two points. Other than that you have the stator supported to chassis by the top and bottom phenolic insulators. I suppose there's a remote chance that something metallic is bridging across the phenolic pieces to chassis ground. I can't see any other possibly path to ground.
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Yeah. I figured out the un-meshing thing. The plates were in a position that couldn't be unmeshed without first pulling the chassis, loosening the pulley, and repositioning the plates. Still had 4 ohms. Having done that, I pulled the capacitor from the chassis and still had 4 ohms. Then I saw the problem. I'll give you a hint, "NEVER USE STEEL WOOL AROUND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT."
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BINGO! Good find!
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The Culprit
Thanks to all who had the patience to help me track down the culprit. I'm posting this photo so others with limited experience might come across it and benefit from it. The lesson is, "Don't use steel wool near electronic equipment." This problem resulted from my use of steel wool two feet away from the set.
I think this set's going to work beautifully when I reassemble it. I'll do one last post when it's complete.
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