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No question that the earlier 53LC2 clock radio has much more eye appeal then the plain 54L1 that I posted above... This site says that even the clock radio is often overlooked :
http://www.radiolaguy.com/Showcase/MotorolaPortaClk.htm Note that the "inverted" speaker on this earlier set is a different design than the one used in the Westinghouse transistor portable and the 54L1, looks like the later design might have been cheaper to produce. jr |
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coupla more photos FYI and FWIW...
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Well, radio arrived safely in the mail today.
Case is pretty rough, as stated. I pulled mine down, which I haven't had open in years. You'll never believe this! Mine has an original 9 volt battery plugged in, dead as a door nail! It had leaked, and, other battery clips are ruinned, as are their mounting studs in case. The diagram shows it uses 6 D cell batteries, sayd nothing about a 9 volt battery. And, that battery, I've never seen anything like it in my life! It's about 6" long, is Eveready, and, has a long number on it. I doubt it could still be purchased. It snaps into those other battery clips. Is the radio supposed to take the 6 batteries, and, the 9 volt, or, what?? All battery clips are connected with wires, and, that 9 volt battery is connectedwith that 2 prong plug. Is this a 9 volt radio, or, higher than that? I know back in the early days the first transistor radios work on something like a 90 volt battery. Is this an 18 volt radio,or, what?? Anybody got a schematic on this set? Looks like an interesting radio to me.... Bill Cahill
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Hmmm. Didn't see socket. Thanks.
Is that 9 volt battery even obtainable anymore? I doubt it. It's quite large. Very interesting radio. Bill Cahill
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In one of the pictures from this thread:
It is the brown socket just to the left of the speaker...It appears to be wired to the battery clips on the other half of the radio. jr PS: Found a nice youtube video (by batterymaker) of one loaded with "D" cells and battery connector plugged into outlet left of loudspeaker...caption on video says that a 2761 battery can also be used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K--c6jKU4qo jr Last edited by jr_tech; 09-13-2010 at 10:35 PM. Reason: add ps and link |
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Yeah, mine has the clock--cost $2 at a radio meet earlier this year.
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No idea about the batteries; it was my first encounter with this model. Sounds like you've gotten plenty of good advice and info. Wonder if the radio is in Sams' "TRS" series (I didn't check). Hope you can synthesize a working radio out of the two that you now have! EDIT: If you wouldn't mind, please post a picture of the one you already had sometime.
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I have this same radio in yellow and white and it is a 9V radio. It has the option of either using 6 "D" cell batteries or that oddball 9V battery pack. To use "D" cells, plug the cable for the oddball battery pack into a socket on the radio. To use the single 9V pack, remove the "D" cells, unplug the battery cable, and plug it into the 9V battery pack.
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Only one had leaked slightly, and no real damage was done. Tomorrow, I will go through the tube portables...who knows what I will discover there. I like to keep batteries in a few good players for demo purposes, I guess that it would be a good idea to clearly mark these sets, so that they get a regular turn on or inspection. jr Update: Finished the "display" transistor set audit...found 3 more radios loaded with batteries that should not have been... all leaking, but a fairly easy clean up. I had to re-attach a wire to one contact (the wire had been eaten away) and it was was very difficult to tin the wire and solder it. Put fresh batteries in one radio for demo purposes. Last edited by jr_tech; 09-15-2010 at 11:52 PM. Reason: update |
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Any chance you could take a couple pix of that battery? I started making a repro, but had to stop to attend to other projects.
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My camera isn't great, but, I will see what I can do.
I'll try tommorrow. Bill Cahill
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Your avatar reminds me of the question I sometimes ask: "Why do battery makers insist on putting corrosive crap in batteries?"
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All too often I find old radios with leaking batteries.I've got an old Panasonic that is in nearly mint condition and I was so excited...until I removed the battery cover...does anyone know how to clean up the mess?I mean is there a neutralizing spray you can shoot on the area and contacts?Battery leakage on motorcycles and cars I use baking soda and water but what a mess that can be to clean up in a radio!
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